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Tel Sheva ( Hebrew: תל שבע) or Tel Be'er Sheva ( Hebrew: תל באר שבע ), also known as Tell es-Seba ( تل السبع ), [1] is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of Beer-sheba. [2] The site lies east of modern Beersheba and west of the Bedouin town of Tel ...
Feb 14, 2022 · Although far from the powerful cities of Jerusalem and Lachish, Be’er Sheva played an important role in the biblical narrative, especially the stories from the time of the Patriarchs. Be’er Sheva is mentioned 33 times in the Hebrew Bible. As told in Genesis, Be’er Sheva was home to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was there that Abraham ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Beersheba is first mentioned as the site where Abraham, founder of the Jewish people, made a covenant with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar (Genesis 21). Isaac and Jacob, the other patriarchs, also lived there (Genesis 26, 28, 46). The name seems to be a Hebrew play on words— beʾer meaning “well,” shevaʿ “oath” or “seven ...
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The award-winning Be’er Sheva High-Tech Park Bridge (aka the Double-Helix or DNA bridge) has become a symbol of the city’s technology sector, growth, and future. Too often overlooked, Be’er Sheva has come a long way. From a small camel town only a few decades ago, today it is a bustling, growing multicultural city of roughly 200,000 ...
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Beersheba, Israel. Beersheba (biblical: Beersheba; Heb. בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, also Beersheva, Beer Sheva) is a city in the Negev on the southern border of Judah; its name has been preserved in the Arabic form Bīr (Beʾr) al-Saʿb. Beersheba was first settled in the Chalcolithic period.
