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Beersheba is prominent in patriarchal narratives, associated with divine revelations, disputes over wells, and the name’s origin, which is linked to an oath or the number seven. It was the southern boundary of Israel during the Judges and United Monarchy, symbolized as “from Dan to Beersheba.”
ATS Bible Dictionary. Beer-Sheba. The well of the oath, Genesis 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 ...
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 ...
On October 31, 1917, Beersheba was the first place in Israel captured by the British in World War I. During the British mandatory period, the city continued to develop and grow in size. During the 1936-39 Arab riots, most of the Jews left the city, but strong efforts were made in the 1940s to purchase land for Jewish settlement in the Negev.
Beersheba is prominent in patriarchal narratives, associated with divine revelations, disputes over wells, and the name’s origin, which is linked to an oath or the number seven. It was the southern boundary of Israel during the Judges and United Monarchy, symbolized as “from Dan to Beersheba.”
Beersheba (See The Holy Land). This page is an approachable and well-illustrated introduction to Beersheba’s biblical significance and archaeological remains. Beersheba – The Southern Border of the Kingdom of Judah (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Offers a survey of the site’s history. Ancient City of Beersheba (Jewish Virtual ...
A town in S Israel: commercial centre of the Negev. In biblical times it marked the southern.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
