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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