-
The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
-
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
-
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.
-
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
-
When they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech, with Phicol the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.
-
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
-
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba, and Abraham lived at Beer-sheba.
-
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
-
From there he went up to Beer-sheba.
-
He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
-
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.
-
Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt
When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
-
Then Jacob set out from Beer-sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
-
The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.
-
Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,
-
It had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah,
-
The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin
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.
-
And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
-
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
-
to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beer-sheba.”
-
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 Rebellion of Sheba
Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”
-
So all the people of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba son of Bichri, but the people of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
-
David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities for himself and escape from us.”
-
Joab’s men went out after him, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.