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Besor
Cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites (1 Sam. 30:9, 10, 21). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza.
In the Bible
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Verses where Besor is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 30:9
So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
- 1 Samuel 30:10
because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
- 1 Samuel 30:21
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
Scripture on Besor
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Besor references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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