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uz´en-shē´eÌ„Ì-ra (ש××רה ×זּן, 'uzzeÌ„n she'ĕraÌ„h; Septuagint, instead of a place-name, reads καὶ υἱοῖ ὈζαÌν, ΣεηÏαÌ, kaÄ±Ì huioÄ±Ì OzaÌn, SeeÌ„raÌ, “and the sons of Ozan, Sheeraâ€; the King James Version Uzzen-sherah, uzzen-she'ra): As it stands in Massoretic Text this is the name of a town built by Sheerah, daughter of Ephraim, to whom is attributed also the building of the two Beth-horons (). No satisfactory identification has been proposed. Septuagint suggests that the text may have been tampered with.