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The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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A wadi or river-bed where two hundred of the followers of David stopped while the rest of the force pursued the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30:9,10,21). Guerin ("Judée," 2:213), identifies Besor with the modern Wadi el-Ghazza, which has an outlet into the Mediterranean sea, southwest of Gaza.