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song: `Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter--with their staves' (Nu 21:16 ff). The place is not identified.
Where is Beer in the Bible?
Beer was a site in the wilderness where God miraculously provided water for the Israelites during their exodus journey, as recorded in Numbers 21:16. At this location, the Israelites sang a song celebrating the well that their leaders had dug, marking God's provision during their time in the desert. The exact geographical location of this biblical Beer remains uncertain among scholars. Additionally, Beer appears as a place of refuge in the book of Judges, where Jotham fled after delivering his parable from Mount Gerizim to escape his brother Abimelech, though this Beer may be identical to the town of Beeroth.
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ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)song: `Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter--with their staves' (Nu 21:16 ff). The place is not identified.
(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Jud 9:21). This may be identical with BEEROTH, which see.
be-er-e'-lim (be'er 'elim; phrear tou Aileim, literally "well of Elim"): Probably lay to the North of Moab, answering to Eglaim in the South (Isa 15:8). It may possibly be identic