Dict: smith - BEER

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BEER - B>@ - (a well). One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. kjv@Numbers:21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER

- ELIM of kjv@Isaiah:15:8) A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. kjv@Judges:9:21)

BEERA - B>@ - (a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37) (B.C. after 1450.)

BEERAH - B>@ - prince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:6) (B.C. 738).

BEERELIM - B>@ - (well of heroes), a spot named in kjv@Isaiah:15:8) as on the "border of Moab." kjv@Numbers:21:16) comp. Numb 21:13

BEERI - B>@ - The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau. kjv@Genesis:26:34) ANAH (B.C. 1797.) Father of the prophet Hosea. kjv@Hosea:1:1) (B.C. before 725.)

BEERLAHAIROI - B>@ - (a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. kjv@Jeremiah:6:7) between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness. kjv@Genesis:24:62)

BEEROTH - B>@ - (wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. kjv@Joshua:9:17) It is now el
- Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN - B>@ - the wells of the tribe of Bene
- Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert. (10:6) In kjv@Numbers:33:31) the name is given as BENE

- JAAKAN only.

BEERSHEBA, OR BEERSHEBA - B>@ - (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:28) and then to Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:2; kjv@1Chronicles:4:28) In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," kjv@Judges:20:1) it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name
Bir es
- Seba . There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es
- Seba . The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. The masonry which encloses the well extends downward 28 1/2 feet. The other well Isaiah:5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. The curb-stones around the mouth of both wells are worn into deep grooves by the action of the ropes of so many centures. These wells are in constant use today. The five lesser wells are in a group in the bed of the wady. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.