Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . BEERSHEBA. Beersheba (the Well of the Oath) is 28 miles south-west of Hebron—at tlie southern extremity of theHoly Land; Dan lay at the northern extremity; sothat the phrase, from Dan to Beersheba, meant fromthe northern to the southern end of Palestine. Abra-ham dug a well here, and gave the name Beer-sheba, because here he and Abi
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . BEERSHEBA. Beersheba (the Well of the Oath) is 28 miles south-west of Hebron—at tlie southern extremity of theHoly Land; Dan lay at the northern extremity; sothat the phrase, from Dan to Beersheba, meant fromthe northern to the southern end of Palestine. Abra-ham dug a well here, and gave the name Beer-sheba, because here he and Abimelech, King of thePhilistines, sware both of them, but the compactwas ratified by the setting apart of seven ewe lambs,and from the Hebrew word, Sheba,—seven, the nameof the place. The town that rose here was first assigned toJudah, and then to Simeon. It was a seat of idolatryin the time of TJzziah. After the captivity it was re-peopled by the Jews, and continued a large villagemany centuries after the coming of Christ, Thereare at present on the spot two large wells and five SH5fc. rfp).
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