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Seirath

also known as: Seirah

Hebrew: שְׂעִירָה —transliteration: Seirah —meaning: goat; hairy; shaggy; roughness

This is a city among the mountains of Ephraim, bordering on Benjamin, to which Ehud fled after he assassinated Eglon at Jericho.

Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the graven images and escaped to Seirah. And it happened when he had arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was in front of them. —Judges 3:26-27

This is the only mention of this place in Scripture.

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• What is the Tribe of Ephraim?
• What is the Tribe of Benjamin?
• Ehud
• Eglon
• Seir
• What are the CITIES OF THE BIBLE? Names, descriptions, locations and types
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