Eshtaol

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Eshtaol
     narrow pass or recess, a town (Josh. 15:33) in the low country,
     the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan
     (Josh. 19:41), and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson
     spent his boyhood, and first began to show his mighty strength;
     and here he was buried in the burying-place of Manoah his father


     (Judg. 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11, 12). It is identified with the
     modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east of Zorah. Others, however,
     identify it with Kustul, east of Kirjath-jearim.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Eshtaol, a strong woman