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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Beersheba</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/b/beersheba.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/genesis/21-14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/b/beersheba.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Beersheba</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/b/be-er'othites.htm" title="Be-er'othites">◄</a> Beersheba <a href="/topical/b/beer-sheba.htm" title="Beer-Sheba">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#hit" title="Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary">Hitchcock's</a> • <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#eas" title="Easton's Bible Dictionary">Easton's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Etymology and Meaning: The name "Beersheba" is traditionally understood to mean "Well of the Oath" or "Well of Seven," derived from the Hebrew words "be'er" (well) and "sheba" (oath or seven). This dual meaning reflects the biblical narratives associated with the site, where oaths were made and wells were significant. Biblical Significance: Beersheba holds a prominent place in biblical history, serving as a key location in the narratives of the patriarchs. It is first mentioned in <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14</a>, where Hagar and Ishmael wander in the wilderness of Beersheba. The site gains further importance in <a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31</a>, where Abraham and Abimelech make a covenant, and Abraham names the place Beersheba, "because there the two of them swore an oath" . Patriarchal Connections: Beersheba is closely associated with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. After the covenant with Abimelech, Abraham plants a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and calls on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a>). Isaac, Abraham's son, also has significant interactions in Beersheba. In <a href="/bsb/genesis/26.htm">Genesis 26</a>, Isaac reopens the wells dug in the days of his father Abraham and makes a covenant with Abimelech, echoing his father's actions. The LORD appears to Isaac in Beersheba, reaffirming the covenant promises made to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23-25</a>). Jacob, the grandson of Abraham, also has a significant encounter in Beersheba. Before his journey to Egypt, Jacob offers sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac, and God speaks to him in visions of the night, reassuring him of His presence and promises (<a href="/genesis/46.htm">Genesis 46:1-4</a>). Tribal and Territorial Importance: Beersheba is often mentioned as a southern boundary marker in the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba," indicating the extent of the land of Israel (<a href="/judges/20.htm">Judges 20:1</a>, <a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a>, <a href="/2_samuel/24-2.htm">2 Samuel 24:2</a>). It was part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Simeon within the larger inheritance of Judah (<a href="/joshua/19.htm">Joshua 19:1-2</a>). Prophetic and Historical Context: In the prophetic literature, Beersheba is mentioned in the context of Israel's spiritual decline. The prophet Amos warns against the idolatrous practices associated with Beersheba, urging the people to seek the LORD instead (<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a>). This highlights the city's religious significance and the challenges of maintaining covenant faithfulness. Archaeological Insights: Modern archaeological excavations at Tel Be'er Sheva have uncovered significant remains, including a well, fortifications, and a four-room gate complex, providing insights into the city's historical and strategic importance. These findings corroborate the biblical accounts of Beersheba as a center of life and activity in the ancient Near East. Cultural and Theological Reflections: Beersheba serves as a symbol of God's faithfulness and the enduring nature of His promises. The narratives associated with Beersheba emphasize themes of covenant, divine guidance, and the establishment of God's people in the land. The patriarchs' interactions at Beersheba reflect their reliance on God's promises and their commitment to worship and obedience. In summary, Beersheba is a site rich in biblical history and theological significance, representing both a physical location and a spiritual heritage for the people of Israel. Its accounts continue to inspire faith and reflection on God's covenantal relationship with His people.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div>Beershebathe well of an oath; the seventh well<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>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 (<a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31</a>). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (<a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Genesis 26:31</a>-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">21:33</a>-<a href="/genesis/22-1.htm">22:1</a>, 19; <a href="/genesis/26-33.htm">26:33</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">28:10</a>). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (<a href="/joshua/19-2.htm">Joshua 19:2</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/4-28.htm">1 Chronicles 4:28</a>). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (<a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/21-2.htm">1 Chronicles 21:2</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/24-2.htm">2 Samuel 24:2</a>), 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" (<a href="/nehemiah/11-30.htm">Nehemiah 11:30</a>). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (<a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">2 Chronicles 19:4</a>). 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. <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>BEERSHEBAbe-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (<a href="/joshua/19-2.htm">Joshua 19:2</a>), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (<a href="/joshua/15-28.htm">Joshua 15:28</a>). 1. The Meaning of the Name: The most probable meaning of Beersheba is the "well of seven." "Seven wells" is improbable on etymological grounds; the numeral should in that case be first. In <a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31</a> Abraham and Abimelech took an oath of witness that the former had dug the well and seven ewe lambs were offered in sacrifice, "Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them." Here the name is ascribed to the Hebrew root shabha`, "to swear," but this same root is connected with the idea of seven, seven victims being offered and to take an oath, meaning "to come under the influence of seven." Another account is given (<a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23-33</a>), where Isaac takes an oath and just afterward, "the same day Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged (dug), and said unto him, We have found water. 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. "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Genesis (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a>). Theophanies occurred there to Hagar (<a href="/genesis/21-17.htm">Genesis 21:17</a>), to Isaac (Genesis 26:24), to Jacob (<a href="/genesis/46-2.htm">Genesis 46:2</a>), and to Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">1 Kings 19:5</a>). By Amos (<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a>) it is classed with Bethel and Gilgal as one of the rival shrines to the pure worship of Yahweh, and in another place (<a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a>) he writes "They shall fall, and never rise up again," who sware, "As the way (i.e. cult) of Beersheba liveth." The two unworthy sons of Samuel were Judges in Beersheba (<a href="/1_samuel/8-2.htm">1 Samuel 8:2</a>) and Zibiah, mother of King Jehoash, was born there (<a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">2 Kings 12:1</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-1.htm">2 Chronicles 24:1</a>). 3. Its Position: Geographically Beersheba marked the southern limit of Judah, though theoretically this extended to the "river of Egypt" (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a>)-the modern Wady el`Avish-60 miles farther south. It was the extreme border of the cultivated land. From Dan to Beersheba (<a href="/2_samuel/17-11.htm">2 Samuel 17:11</a>, etc.) or from Beersheba to Dan (<a href="/1_chronicles/21-2.htm">1 Chronicles 21:2</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm">2 Chronicles 30:5</a>) were the proverbial expressions, though necessarily altered through the changed conditions in later years to "from Geba to Beer-sheba" (<a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">2 Kings 23:8</a>) or "from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim" (<a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">2 Chronicles 19:4</a>). 4. Modern Beersheba: Today Beersheba is Bir es-Seba` in the Wady es Seba`, 28 miles Southwest of Hebron on "the southern border of a vast rolling plain broken by the torrent beds of Wady Khalil and Wady Seba" (Robinson). The plain is treeless but is covered by verdure in the spring; it is dry and monotonous most of the year. Within the last few years this long-deserted spot-a wide stretch of shapeless ruins, the haunt of the lawless Bedouin-has been re-occupied; the Turks have stationed there an enlightened Kaimerkhan (subgovernor); government offices and shops have been built; wells have been cleared, and there is now an abundant water supply pumped even to the separate houses. Robinson (BW, XVII, 247) has described how he found seven ancient wells there-probably still more will yet be found. The whole neighborhood is strewn with the ruins of the Byzantine city which once flourished there; it was an episcopal see. It is probable that the city of Old Testament times stood where Tell es Seba' now is, some 2 1/2 miles to the East; from the summit a commanding view can be obtained (PEF, III, 394, Sheet XXIV). E. W. G. Masterman<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/964.htm">964. Bizyothyah -- "contempts of the LORD," a place near Beersheba</a> ... Bizyothyah. 965 . "contempts of the LORD," a place near Beersheba. Transliteration: Bizyothyah Phonetic Spelling: (biz-yo-the-yaw') Short Definition: Biziothiah ... /hebrew/964.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7656.htm">7656. Shibah -- a well in Beersheba</a> ... 7655, 7656. Shibah. 7657 . a well in Beersheba. Transliteration: Shibah Phonetic Spelling: (shib-aw') Short Definition: Shibah. ... /hebrew/7656.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/884.htm">884. Beer Sheba -- "well of seven," a place in the Negev</a> ... 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<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xlvi.htm">Chapter xlvi</a> ... 1-4. And Israel set out and all who belonged to him, and he came to Beersheba and sacrificed to the God of his father Isaac. And ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlvi.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_first_apostle_of_peace.htm">The First Apostle of Peace at any Price</a> ... creditable. He seems never to have wandered far from the neighbourhood of Beersheba. ... Lord. Beersheba and Plymouth Rock are a pair. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the first apostle of peace.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxiii.htm">Chapter xxiii</a> ... Though in Genesis 22:19 Abraham had taken up his residence at Beersheba, yet since that time perhaps twenty years had elapsed. For ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiii.htm<a href="/library/champness/broken_bread/xxv_abraham_and_isaac_genesis.htm">Abraham and Isaac. Genesis xxii.</a> ... put good work into the iron cable, he does not then fear the strain of the test put upon it, and God knew what He had done to Abraham in the grove at Beersheba ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxv abraham and isaac genesis.htm<a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_130_national_sins_and.htm">National Sins and Miseries</a> ... "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 ... /.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 130 national sins and.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/josephs_loyalty_to_his_family.htm">Joseph's Loyalty to his Family</a> ... Then Jacob set out on his journey with all that he had. He first went to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/josephs loyalty to his family.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxviii.htm">Chapter xxviii</a> ... the man is made very apparent. 10, 11. And Jacob went forth from Beersheba and came to Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place ... /.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxviii.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/elijahs_weakness_and_its_cube.htm">Elijah's Weakness, and Its Cube</a> ... life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.3. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/elijahs weakness and its cube.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_sins_of_society.htm">The Sins of Society</a> ... vanities. We must give up seeking Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba, seats of the calf worship, if we are to seek God to purpose. The ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the sins of society.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxvi.htm">Chapter xxvi</a> ... From there he went up to Beersheba, and Yahweh appeared to him that night, saying: I am the God of Abraham, thy father; be not afraid, for I am with thee, and ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxvi.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/beersheba.htm">Beersheba (33 Occurrences)</a> ... From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (Judges 20:1; 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised ... /b/beersheba.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/m/moladah.htm">Moladah (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Joshua 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba. ... /m/moladah.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/g/geba.htm">Geba (22 Occurrences)</a> ... "From Geba to Beersheba" expressed the whole extent of the kingdom of Judah, just as "from Dan to Beersheba" described the whole length of Palestine (2 Kings 23 ... /g/geba.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/z/ziklag.htm">Ziklag (13 Occurrences)</a> ... It has been identified with `Asluj, a heap of ruins south of Beersheba. Conder, however, identifies it with Khirbet Zuheilikah, ruins ... /z/ziklag.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/z/zibiah.htm">Zibiah (2 Occurrences)</a> ... zib'-ia (tsibhyah, probably "gazelle"): A woman of Beersheba, mother of King Jehoash (Joash) of Judah (2 Kings 12:1 (Hebrew verse 2); 2 Chronicles 24:1. Codex ... /z/zibiah.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/s/shual.htm">Shual (6 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Shual (6 Occurrences). Joshua 15:28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ... /s/shual.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/h/hazar.htm">Hazar (12 Occurrences)</a> ... It was reoccupied after the exile (Nehemiah 11:27). Sa`weh on a hill East of Beersheba has been suggested; but there is no certainty. ... /h/hazar.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/n/negeb.htm">Negeb (37 Occurrences)</a> ...Beersheba was an important city with a bishop, and Elusa (mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century) was the seat of a bishop in the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries. ... /n/negeb.htm - 26k<a href="/topical/n/negev.htm">Negev (39 Occurrences)</a> ...Beersheba was an important city with a bishop, and Elusa (mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century) was the seat of a bishop in the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries. ... /n/negev.htm - 26k<a href="/topical/r/rehoboth.htm">Rehoboth (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Broad places. (1.) A well in Gerar dug by Isaac (Genesis 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba. ... /r/rehoboth.htm - 10k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/idioms-in-the-Bible.html">What are some idioms in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Negev-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of the Negev in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacobs-ladder.html">What is Jacob's Ladder? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Beersheba (33 Occurrences)<a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14</a> Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. Exodus (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/21-31.htm">Genesis 21:31</a> Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/21-32.htm">Genesis 21:32</a> So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a> Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/22-19.htm">Genesis 22:19</a> So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Genesis 26:23</a> He went up from there to Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/26-33.htm">Genesis 26:33</a> He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Genesis 28:10</a> Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1</a> Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Genesis 46:5</a> Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/joshua/15-28.htm">Joshua 15:28</a> Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/joshua/19-2.htm">Joshua 19:2</a> They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a> All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/8-2.htm">1 Samuel 8:2</a> Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm">2 Samuel 3:10</a> 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 Beersheba." (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/17-11.htm">2 Samuel 17:11</a> But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-2.htm">2 Samuel 24:2</a> The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people." (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-7.htm">2 Samuel 24:7</a> 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 Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">2 Samuel 24:15</a> So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/4-25.htm">1 Kings 4:25</a> Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">1 Kings 19:3</a> When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">2 Kings 12:1</a> 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 Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">2 Kings 23:8</a> 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 he broke 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. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/4-28.htm">1 Chronicles 4:28</a> They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/21-2.htm">1 Chronicles 21:2</a> David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. (WEB KJV JPS NAS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">2 Chronicles 19:4</a> Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/24-1.htm">2 Chronicles 24:1</a> 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 Beersheba. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm">2 Chronicles 30:5</a> So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-27.htm">Nehemiah 11:27</a> and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and its towns, (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-30.htm">Nehemiah 11:30</a> Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a> but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. (WEB KJV NAS NIV)<a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a> Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,'As your god, Dan, lives;' and,'As the way of Beersheba lives;' they will fall, and never rise up again." 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