¹⁸ Isaac reopened the wells^(A) that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

² “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols^(A) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”^(B) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets^(C) and the spirit of impurity from the land.

³⁸ as well as Nebo^(A) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.^(B) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

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