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Bozrah

Named in 1 verse, first in Jeremiah 48:24.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Bozrah.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 48:24

    upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A Moabite city in the “plain country” (Jer. 48:24), i.e., on the high level down on the east of the Dead Sea. It is probably the modern Buzrah.

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