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 " …

6 days ago · Beersheba, biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main centre of the Negev (in Hebrew, Ha-Negev; in Arabic, al-Naqab) region. Beersheba is first mentioned as 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 …

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.

Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and …

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.

The name Beersheba (sometimes spelled Beer-sheba) is widely believed to mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven,” reflecting key covenant themes in the Old Testament narrative.

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 …

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 …

Just outside Beersheba is Hatzerim, the first air base built by Israel. Today, it serves the Israeli Air Force and hosts the pilot school. Next door is the Air Force Museum, one of the coolest …