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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bor-Hassirah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Heb. Borhas-Sirah', בּור הִסַּירָה 8, cistern of the Sirah; Sept. translates φρέαρ τοῦ Σειράμ), a place in the southern part of Palestine, where Joab's messengers found Abner (2 Samuel 3:26, where our version renders "well of Sirah"), probably the same as Besira (Βησίρα ) of Josephus (Ant. 7:1, 5), twenty stadia from Hebron. (See SIRAH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bor-Hassirah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bor-hassirah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bor-Hassirah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bor-hassirah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
