³¹ So that place was called Beersheba,^[a](A) because the two men swore an oath^(B) there.

³³ He called it Shibah,^[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.^[b](A)

¹⁴ Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.^(A) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.^(B)

²⁵ During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,^(A) lived in safety,^(B) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.^(C)

¹¹ “So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba^(A)—as numerous as the sand^(B) on the seashore—be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle.

The Israelites Punish the Benjamites

20 Then all Israel^(A) from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and from the land of Gilead came together as one^(C) and assembled^(D) before the Lord in Mizpah.^(E)

²³ From there he went up to Beersheba.^(A)