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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Beor

be'-or (be`or, "destroyer"(?)):

(1) Father of Bela, the first king of Edom (Genesis 36:32; 1 Chronicles 1:43).

(2) The father of the seer Balaam (Numbers 22:5; 24:3,15; 31:8; Deuteronomy 23:4; Joshua 13:22; 24:9, omitted in Septuagint; Micah 6:5; 2 Peter 2:15, the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin "Bosor").

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.