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Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia.

Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord , the Everlasting God.

Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.

Isaac left and went to Beersheba.

He named the well "Vow." That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.

Jacob left Beersheba and started toward Haran.

Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Jacob set out from Beersheba. His sons put him, their small children, and their wives in the wagons which the king of Egypt had sent.

Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

It included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the east, answered the call. They gathered in one body in the Lord 's presence at Mizpah.

The older son was named Joel and the younger one Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.

Then they went south to the fortified city of Tyre, on to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites, and finally to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,

In the seventh year of the reign of King Jehu of Israel, Joash became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba.

Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,

Even though King Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, he traveled regularly among the people, from Beersheba in the south to the edge of the hill country of Ephraim in the north, in order to call the people back to the Lord , the God of their ancestors.

Joash became king of Judah at the age of seven, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba.