Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Bible References

And he

Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
Numbers 32:38
and Nebo and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
Psalm 16:4
The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
Hosea 2:17
“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.
Zechariah 13:2
“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

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