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Uzzen-sheerah

Named in 1 verse, first in 1 Chronicles 7:24.

In the Bible

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

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 7:24

    His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

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.

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A town probably near Beth-horon. It derived its name from the daughter of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:24).

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