Beersheba
BE`ER-SHE`BA (well of an oath, or seventh well). One of the
oldest places in the southern part of Israel. The spot
still identified as Bir es Seba, well of the Lion or seven.
The well was dug by Abraham, and his compact with Abimelech
celebrated there with an oath ratified by the gift of seven
ewe lambs. Hence the name. Gen 21:31-33....
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(well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, Jos 15:28 and then to Simeon, Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28 In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," Jud 2...
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And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel
[was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD....
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And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father
Isaac....
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And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages
thereof,...
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And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is]
Beersheba unto this day....
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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....
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And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran....
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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they
sware both of them....
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his
second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba....
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