³¹ Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba,^[a] because there both of them swore an oath.^(A)

³³ He called it Shibah;^[a] therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba^[b] to this day.^(A)

¹⁴ So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

²⁵ During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees.^(A)

¹¹ But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin

20 Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah.^(A)

²⁸ Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,^(A)

²³ From there he went up to Beer-sheba.