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Beersheba

Beersheba (Biblical Place • 31.245°N, 34.841°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 21:14 , Gen 21:31 , Gen 21:32 , Gen 21:33 , Gen 22:19 , Gen 26:23 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Abrahamic Covenant & the Patriarchs—Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Judah (Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel ): Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line, child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 , 1 Samuel 11 , 1 Samuel 15 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Jephunneh (Generation 25 • Child of Shelah): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 28 , Numbers 13 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Beersheba (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 21:14 , Gen 21:31 , Gen 21:32 , Gen 21:33 , Gen 22:19 , Gen 26:23 .) Baalah 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:29 (identified with Beersheba ).) Balah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:3 (identified with Beersheba).) Bilhah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 4:29 (identified with Beersheba).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 21:33 : "And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God."; 1 Chronicles 4:28 : "And they dwelt at Beer–sheba, and Moladah , and Hazar–shual,"; 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.".

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Beersheba
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 21:14 , Gen 21:31 , Gen 21:32 , Gen 21:33 , Gen 22:19 , Gen 26:23 .

Baalah 1
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beersheba • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:29 (identified with Beersheba ).

Balah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beersheba • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:3 (identified with Beersheba ).

Bilhah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beersheba • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 4:29 (identified with Beersheba ).

Shibah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beersheba • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:33 (identified with Beersheba ).

Biziothiah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beersheba • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:28 (identified with Beersheba ).

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Called from Ur of the Chaldeans and Haran into Canaan ( Genesis 12:1 ), Abram —renamed Abraham in Genesis 17:5 —receives the covenant promise of land, numerous descendants, and blessing to all nations through Isaac and Jacob .

Eber (or Heber)
76% Messianic Line
Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Beth-ashbea
75% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 4:21 .

Chebar
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.159°N, 44.063°E

~; now Nehardea; http://www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp031_iraq.htm. Referenced in Ezek 1:1 , Ezek 1:3 , Ezek 3:15 , Ezek 3:23 , Ezek 10:15 .

Berea
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.517°N, 22.200°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:10 , Acts 17:13 .

Bered
73% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kadesh-barnea • 30.688°N, 34.495°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 16:14 (identified with Kadesh-barnea ).

Beer 2
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beeroth • 31.900°N, 35.217°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:21 (identified with Beeroth ).

Besor
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.398°N, 34.437°E

wadi esh sheria. Referenced in 1 Sam 30:9 , 1 Sam 30:10 , 1 Sam 30:21 .

Bezer
71% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.516°N, 36.488°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 4:43 , Josh 20:8 , Josh 21:36 , 1 Chr 6:78 .

Beeroth
70% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.900°N, 35.217°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 9:17 , Josh 18:25 , 2 Sam 4:2 , 2 Sam 23:37 , 1 Chr 11:39 , Ezra 2:25 .

Baalath-beer
70% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.050°N, 35.733°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:8 .

Beth-rehob
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.219°N, 35.544°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 18:28 , 2 Sam 10:6 .

Judah
69% Messianic Line
Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Bethsaida
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.908°N, 35.627°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Matt 11:21 , Mark 6:45 , Mark 8:22 , Luke 9:10 , Luke 10:13 , John 1:44 .

Beth-arabah
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.843°N, 35.506°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:6 , Josh 15:61 , Josh 18:18 , Josh 18:22 .

Beer-elim
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Eneglaim • 30.998°N, 35.499°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 15:8 (identified with Eneglaim ).

Beer
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Eneglaim • 30.998°N, 35.499°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 21:16 (identified with Eneglaim ).

Beth-shean
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Beth-shan • 32.504°N, 35.503°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 17:11 , Josh 17:16 , Judg 1:27 , 1 Kgs 4:12 , 1 Chr 7:29 (identified with Beth-shan ).

Abram/Abraham
65% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Bethlehem 1
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.705°N, 35.210°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 35:19 , Gen 48:7 , Judg 12:8 , Judg 12:10 , Judg 17:7 , Judg 17:8 .

Jephunneh
64% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Peleg
64% Messianic Line
Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Sheba
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 9.023°N, 38.747°E

region. Referenced in Josh 19:2 , 1 Kgs 10:1 , 1 Kgs 10:4 , 1 Kgs 10:10 , 1 Kgs 10:13 .

Caleb
64% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Beth-peor
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.656°N, 35.712°E

~. Referenced in Deut 3:29 , Deut 4:46 , Deut 34:6 , Josh 13:20 .

Shem
63% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Shebarim
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Ai 1 • 31.917°N, 35.261°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 7:5 (identified with Ai 1 ).

Jacob/Israel
63% Messianic Line
Generation 22 • Messianic Line • Child of Isaac

( Genesis 21:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 49:33 ) G-d changed Jacob's name to Israel ( Genesis 32:28 ).

Pi-beseth
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 30.583°N, 31.500°E

~. Referenced in Ezek 30:17 .

Berechiah
62% Gen 37
Generation 37 • Child of Shimea

Berechiah is a biblical figure in Generation 37, child of Shimea , parent of Asaph . ( 1 Chronicles 6:39 )

Scripture Passages (24)

And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

And they dwelt at Beer–sheba, and Moladah , and Hazar–shual,

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.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered .

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 .

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.

Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, or Sheba , and Moladah ,

and upon a strong fortress of the Jews at Bethsura; he advanced, was turned back, failed, was defeated,

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : and the name of his city was Dinhabah .

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim , and were sojourners there until this day.)

Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel ; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah .

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.

And from Betah , and from Berothai , cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab , after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

And out of the tribe of Reuben , Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal –peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho , and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

and they removed, and went to Berea , with twenty thousand footmen and two thousand horse.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea , they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem , which is in the land of Canaan , when he came from Paddan –aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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