Bible Dictionaries
Bezer
Holman Bible Dictionary
(bee' zuhr) Place name meaning, “inaccessible.” 1. A city of refuge in tribal territory of Reuben (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8 ), set aside as a city for the Levites (Joshua 21:36 ). It may be Umm el-Amad, eight miles northeast of Medeba. Mesha, king of Moab about 830 B.C., claimed to have rebuilt Bezer as a Moabite city.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Bezer'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/b/bezer.html. 1991.