Thematic Bible: Beer-sheba


Thematic Bible



This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Judah according to their families:

Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

and came to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the Negev of Judah at Beersheba. Verse ConceptsFortresses

And they had as their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

Part of the portion [allotted to] the descendants of Judah [became] the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon because the portion for the descendants of Judah was {too large for them}, so the descendants of Simeon inherited [from] their inheritance. Verse ConceptsMore Than Enough

And they lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,

Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. And they {made} a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech, and Phicol his army commander stood and returned to the land of the Philistines. And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, {the everlasting God}.

And Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.

But do not seek Bethel or go [to] Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile and Bethel will come to disaster." Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsExile In Prospectbeer

[These are] those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'By the life of your gods, O Dan,' and 'By the life of the way of Beersheba,' they will fall and they will not rise again." Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech on account of the well of water that servants of Abimelech had seized. And Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this thing, neither did you tell me, nor have I heard [of it] except for today."

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba. And when the water was finished from the skin, she put the child under one of the bushes. And she went and {she sat a good distance away}, for she said, "Let me not see the child's death." So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept. read more.
And God heard the cry of the boy and the angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, "{What is the matter} Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the cry of the boy {from where he is}. Get up, take up the boy and take him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation." And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave a drink to the boy.

He lay down and fell asleep under a certain broom tree, and suddenly this angel [was] touching him and said to him, "Get up, eat!" Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalTouchPeople EatingAngels Looking After PeopleDepressioncookingjezebel

The angel of Yahweh appeared a second [time] and touched him and said, "Get up, eat, for the journey is greater than you." Verse ConceptsAngels Helping UsDoing Things TwicePeople EatingTaking By The HandAngels Looking After People

Then Jacob went out from Beersheba and went to Haran. Verse ConceptsDepartures

And from there he went up to Beersheba. Verse Conceptsbeer

So Israel journeyed with all that he had, and he came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. Verse ConceptsRefugeesSacrifice, In Ot

The name of his firstborn son [was] Joel, and the name of his second son [was] Abijah. [They were] judges in Beersheba. Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsJudging Israel

All the {Israelites} went out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and they gathered as one body to Yahweh [at] Mizpah. Verse ConceptsCongregationShrinesAssembling IsraelUnified PeopleAll Peoplecrusades

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba. Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

Then he became afraid, got up, and {fled for his life}. He came [to] Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

And he said, "You shall take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand {as proof on my behalf} that I dug this well." Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.