BEER-SHEBA

The well of the oath, Ge 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, Ge 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, Jos 15:28; 19:2. Here Samuel established his sons as judges, 1Sa 8:2. Elijah rested here on his way to Horeb, 1Ki 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, Ne 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.

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BEER-SHEBA. 1. The most southern city of Palestine Jud 20:1
* Named by Abraham, who lived there Ge 21:31-33; 22:19
* The place where Isaac lived Ge 26:23
* Jacob went out from, toward Haran Ge 28:10
* Sacrifices offered at, by Jacob; when journeying to Egypt Ge 46:1
* In the inheritance of Judah Jos 15:20,28; 2Sa 24:7
* Afterward assigned to Simeon Jos 19:2,9; 1Ch 4:28
* Two sons of Samuel were judges at 1Sa 8:2
* Became a seat of idolatrous worship Am 5:5; 8:14

2. The well of, belonged to Abraham and Isaac Ge 21:25,26 3. Wilderness of, Hagar miraculously sees a well in Ge 21:14-19
* An angel fed Elijah in 1Ki 19:5,7

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a city on the southern frontier of Palestine Ge 21:31; 22:19; 26:33; 28:10; 46:1; Jos 15:28; Jud 20:1 1Sa 8:2; 2Ch 19:4; 30:5; Am 5:5