Meaning of “Beersheba”
Beersheba — well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:2; 1 Chr. 4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (Judg. 20:1; 1 Chr. 21:2; 2 Sam. 24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb. After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Neh. 11:30). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. 19:4). The name is not found in the New Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es-Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.
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Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 32 — Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 19 — So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 33 — And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 23 — And he went up from thence to Beersheba. Genesis Chapter 28 Verse 10 — And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 5 — And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 1 — And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 28 — And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 2 — And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, Judges Chapter 20 Verse 1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 1 Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 20 — And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. 1 Samuel Chapter 8 Verse 2 — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. 2 Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 10 — To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel Chapter 17 Verse 11 — Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 15 — So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 7 — And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel Chapter 24 Verse 2 — For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 1 Kings Chapter 4 Verse 25 — And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 1 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 3 — And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 2 Kings Chapter 12 Verse 1 — In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Kings Chapter 23 Verse 8 — And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 1 Chronicles Chapter 4 Verse 28 — And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 1 Chronicles Chapter 21 Verse 2 — And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 2 Chronicles Chapter 19 Verse 4 — And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles Chapter 24 Verse 1 — Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Chronicles Chapter 30 Verse 5 — So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. Nehemiah Chapter 11 Verse 30 — Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. Nehemiah Chapter 11 Verse 27 — And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, Amos Chapter 5 Verse 5 — But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. Amos Chapter 8 Verse 14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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