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Beersheba

Modern Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, Israel
Coordinates 31.2440, 34.8400 View modern location ↗
Eras The PatriarchsConquest and the JudgesThe United KingdomThe Divided Kingdom

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The southern boundary of the patriarchal lands ("from Dan to Beersheba"). Abraham planted a tamarisk and called on the name of the Lord; Isaac dug wells; Jacob received a vision here on his way down to Egypt.

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