OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 15:58

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58

Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

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Verse 58. Bessur. About 20 miles from Jerusalem, fortified by Simon, 1 Maccabees 14:33. It is there said to be only five stadia distant from that city. But the Alexandrian copy reads five schœnus, or cords, each of which consisted of at least 30 stadia. Cellarius.

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