Negeb

Region mentioned in 43 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.

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Journeys through Negeb

• Abraham (c. 2000 BC (traditional))

Where it appears

Joshua (8), Genesis (6), Numbers (5), 1 Samuel (4), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (4), Judges (3), Deuteronomy (2), Isaiah (2), Obadiah (2), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (1) and 1 more

Key verses

• Genesis 12:9 first mention — And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
• Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
• Numbers 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Joshua 10:40 — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
• Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
• 1 Samuel 27:10 — And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
• 1 Samuel 30:1 — And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
• Isaiah 21:1 — The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
• Isaiah 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
• Ezekiel 20:46 — Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
• Ezekiel 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
• Obadiah 1:19 — And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

Nearby places

• Beer-sheba 0 km
• Hazar-shual 0 km
• Eltolad 0 km
• Ashan 6 km
• Ezem 6 km
• Moladah 8 km
• Beth-palet 10 km
• Hashmonah 10 km

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.