McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bor-Hassirah

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bor-Hassirah


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(Heb. Borhas-Sirah', áּåø äִñַּéøָä 8, cistern of the Sirah; Sept. translates öñÝáñ ôïῦ ÓåéñÜì ), a place in the southern part of Palestine, where Joab's messengers found Abner (2Sa_3:26, where our version renders "well of Sirah"), probably the same as Besira ( Âçóßñá ) of Josephus (Ant. 7:1, 5), twenty stadia from Hebron. SEE SIRAH.