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Beer
Well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num 21:16–18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See Well.)
(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Numbers 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Judges 9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
