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BESIRA, the same as the Well of Sirah mentioned in the second book of Samuel. 2 Sam. iii. 26.Josephus places Besira1 at twenty furlongs, or seven leagues distance from Hebron.
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Joseph. Antiq. l. vii. c. 1. w Chrysost. Homil. 16. in c. 1. Joan. ↩
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