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A wife of Ahaziah, king of Judah, named Zibia came from Beersheba (2 Kings 12:1). Under King Jehoshaphat Beersheba was apparently still the administrative center of southern Judah (2 Chron 19:4). The prophet Amos seems to indicate that a shrine was located there (Amos 5:5; 8:14).
Beersheba (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע , Be'er Sheva, Turkish: Birüssebi) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev." In the Bible, water-rich Beersheba was once the home of each of the major Hebrew patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Beer Sheba. Location: Tel Beersheba, also known as Tell es-Saba’, is in the northern Negev, east of modern Beersheba, overlooking the Beersheba and Hebron valleys. The area has been settled since the Chalcolithic period due to freshwater springs in the Beersheba Valley. biblical Narratives:
