Human habitation near present-day Beersheba dates back to the fourth millennium BC. In the Bible, Beersheba marks the southern boundary of ancient Israel, as mentioned in the phrase " From Dan to …

Dec 24, 2025 · Beersheba, biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main center of the Negev region. It is first mentioned in Genesis as the site where Abraham made a covenant with the …

Beersheba (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע ‎, Be'er Sheva, Turkish: Birüssebi) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev." In the Bible, water-rich Beersheba …

Beersheba is the oldest and largest city in historic Palestine. It was the first Palestinian city to fall under British control in 1917 and had long been governed by the Ottoman Empire.

The patriarch Abraham pitched his tent and dug a well at Beersheba, a wilderness location identified in the Scriptures as the southern limit of the Promised Land.

Today, Be’er Sheva (Beersheba) is a thriving city in Israel ’s Negev desert, home to nearly a quarter million residents. This city has a long and storied Jewish history, dating back to the days of Abraham …

BEERSHEBA be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Joshua 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Joshua 15:28). 1. The Meaning of the …

BEERSHEBA (Beer-Sheba) bĭr she’ bə (בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע; LXX Βηρσαβέε; the well of seven/swearing). A town in the Judean Negeb district. The site of Biblical Beer-sheba has been identified with Tell es-Saba’, …

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.

Be'er Sheva (also spelled Beersheba; Hebrew: באר שבע) is a desert city of approximately 200,000 inhabitants in southern Israel. It is the eighth-most populous (as of 2019) and second largest city in …