Beer-sheba

Town or city mentioned in 33 verses of the Bible, most often in Genesis.

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Journeys through Beer-sheba

• Abraham (c. 2000 BC (traditional))

Where it appears

Genesis (10), 2 Samuel (5), 2 Chronicles (3), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (2), Amos (2), Judges (1)

Key verses

• Genesis 21:14 first mention — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
• Genesis 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
• Genesis 21:33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
• Genesis 46:1 — And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
• Judges 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
• 2 Samuel 17:11 — Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
• 2 Samuel 24:2 — For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
• 1 Kings 4:25 — And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
• 1 Kings 19:3 — And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
• 2 Chronicles 30:5 — So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
• Amos 5:5 — But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
• Amos 8:14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.