Bible Dictionary
SOREK, VALLEY OF
The Valley of Sorek was a fertile valley in the Shephelah of Judah, associated with vineyards and with Samson’s relationship to Delilah. It lay near Zorah, Beth-shemesh, and Timnah.
Biblical Usage
Samson loved Delilah, who lived in the Valley of Sorek. The valley is also associated in the supplied material with the route along which the ark was returned from the Philistines and possibly with a Philistine defeat.