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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Uzzen-sherah (Uzzen-sheerah)
The name means ears of Sherah. Sherah, a granddaughter of Ephraim, built this town and both Beth-horons too, which makes her one of the few women in the Old Testament credited with founding towns.
The name means ears of Sherah. Sherah, a granddaughter of Ephraim, built this town and both Beth-horons too, which makes her one of the few women in the Old Testament credited with founding towns.
Uzzen-sherah, meaning ears of Sherah, was a town built by Sherah, a granddaughter of Ephraim named in the tribe's genealogy (1 Chron. 7:24). The same verse also credits her with building the upper and lower towns of Beth-horon, making her one of the few women in the Old Testament explicitly credited with founding settlements.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:24
