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Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

After Abraham and Abimelech made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord , the God who lives forever.

Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.

From there Isaac went to Beersheba.

So Isaac named it Shibah and that city is called Beersheba even now.

Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

So Israel took all he had and started his trip. He went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Then Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel loaded their father, their children, and their wives in the wagons the king of Egypt had sent.

Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

They received Beersheba (also called Sheba), Moladah,

So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the Lord in the city of Mizpah.

Then all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, knew Samuel was a true prophet of the Lord .

His first son was named Joel, and his second son was named Abijah. Joel and Abijah were judges in Beersheba.

I will take the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David king of Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba!"

"This is what I suggest: Gather all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba. There will be as many people as grains of sand by the sea. Then you yourself must go into the battle.

So King David said to Joab, the commander of the army, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people. Then I will know how many there are."

They went to the strong, walled city of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went to southern Judah, to Beersheba.

So the Lord sent a terrible disease on Israel. It began in the morning and continued until the chosen time to stop. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand people died.