Bible Location
Meaning: glad news; incarnation · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Brook Besor was the southern ravine where part of David's weary force stayed behind while he pursued the Amalekites. It is important because it became the place from which David articulated his principle of shared reward. First appears in 1 Sam 30:9.1
Place meaning
glad news; incarnation
Coordinates
31.40, 34.44
First appears
1 Sam 30:9
AI summary: Besor is more than a travel landmark in 1 Samuel. It marks the limit of what the exhausted men could manage, and that moment becomes the basis for David's insistence that those who stay with the supplies share equally in the victory. The cross references present Besor as a southern brook of weakness, recovery, pursuit, and just distribution.1
Place meaning
glad news; incarnation
Latitude
31.40
Longitude
34.44
Bible references
3
Cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites (1 Sam. 30:9, 10, 21). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.