Beer in the Bible

Meaning: a well

Exact Match

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsMothers Of Kings

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba even to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates, those at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, and those on the left hand of any going in at the gate of the city.

Verse ConceptsGatesGovernorsHigh Places

Thematic Bible



And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;


And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.


American Standard Version Public Domain