ATS Bible Dictionary Beer-ShebaThe well of the oath, Genesis 21:31; 26:31,33, a city twenty-eight miles southwest of Hebron, at the southern extremity of the Holy Land. Dan lay at the northern extremity; so that the phrase, "from Dan to Beersheba," means, the whole length of the land, Jud 20:1. At Beersheba, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob often dwelt, Genesis 21:31; 22:19; 26:33; 28:10; 46:1. The town that afterwards rose here was first assigned to Judah, and then to Simeon, Joshua 15:28; 19:2. Here Samuel established his sons as judges, 1 Samuel 8:2. Elijah rested here on his way to Horeb, 1 Kings 19:3. It was a seat of idolatry in the time of Uzziah, Am 5:5; 8:14. After the captivity, it was repeopled by the Jews, Nehemiah 11:27,30, and continued a large village many centuries after the coming of Christ. Dr. Robinson found its site at Bir-es-Seba, on the border of the great desert south of Canaan-the ruins of a small straggling city, and two deep stone wells of excellent water, surrounded by stone troughs, and bearing the marks of great antiquity. Strong's Hebrew 884. Beer Sheba -- "well of seven," a place in the Negev... Beer Sheba. 885 . "well of seven," a place in the Negev. Transliteration: Beer Sheba Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr' sheh'-bah) Short Definition: Beersheba. ... /hebrew/884.htm - 6k 964. Bizyothyah -- "contempts of the LORD," a place near Beersheba 7656. Shibah -- a well in Beersheba Library The First Apostle of Peace at any Price Chapter xlvi Chapter xxiii Abraham and Isaac. Genesis xxii. National Sins and Miseries Joseph's Loyalty to his Family The Sins of Society Chapter xxviii Elijah's Weakness, and Its Cube Chapter xxvi Thesaurus Beersheba (33 Occurrences)... And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day." 2. A Sacred Shrine: Beersheba was a sacred shrine. ... /b/beersheba.htm - 22k Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences) Moladah (4 Occurrences) Geba (22 Occurrences) Ziklag (13 Occurrences) Zibiah (2 Occurrences) Riseth (165 Occurrences) Shual (6 Occurrences) Abimelech (63 Occurrences) Shibah (1 Occurrence) Bible Concordance Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences)Genesis 21:14 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 gave her the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them. Genesis 21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God. Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. Genesis 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. Genesis 26:33 And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. Genesis 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 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. Joshua 15:28 and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah, Joshua 19:2 And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah. 1 Samuel 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah. 1 Samuel 8:2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 2 Samuel 3:10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 2 Samuel 17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 2 Samuel 24:2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people. 2 Samuel 24:7 and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba. 2 Samuel 24:15 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 1 Kings 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 1 Kings 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 2 Kings 12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 Kings 23:8 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 Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance 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 4:28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 1 Chronicles 21:2 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. 2 Chronicles 19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles 24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba. 2 Chronicles 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written. Nehemiah 11:27 and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof, Nehemiah 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. Amos 5:5 but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought. Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again. 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