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bē´zẽr (בּצר, becer; ΒοÌσοÏ, BoÌsor, “strongâ€):
(1) A city of refuge, set apart by Moses for the Reubenites and located in the “plain country†(or table-land, Mı̄shōr) East of the Jordan, later assigned to this tribe by Joshua (; ). The same city was assigned by lot as place of residence to the children of Merari of the Levite tribe (; , ). Driver, HDB, suggests the identity of Bezer with Bozrah (Septuagint, Bosor) (). Besheir has been suggested as the present site. According to the manuscript it was forti fied by Mesha.
(2) A son of Zophah of the house of Asher ().