Shihor
River
Location disputed
Where Scholars Place It
- Pelusiac branch of the Nile Possible
- Wadi al Arish Possible
- Nile River Less likely
- Nahal HaBesor Less likely
Shihor in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 2 Verses
- Joshua 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- 1 Chronicles 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
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