Bible Dictionary

Besor, the Brook

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(cool), a torrent-bed or wady in the extreme south of Judah. (1 Samuel 30:9,10,21)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

be'-sor, (nachal besor; Codex Alexandrinus, Bechor, Codex Vaticanus, Beana; 1Sa 30:9,20,21; Josephus, Ant, VI, xiv, 6): A torrent-bed (nachal) mentioned in the account of David's pursuit of the Amalekites. Thought to be Wady Ghazza, which enters the sea Southwest of Gaza.