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 there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water." Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well, sing to it! The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs." And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;


Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.


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