Topic
Beer
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 9:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A town in the territory of the tribe of Judah
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- Numbers 21:16–18Easton · Smith · Nave 1. A station of the Israelites
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: The princes digged the well, the nobles of the…
- Numbers 21:16ISBE
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Isaiah 15:8Smith
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)
(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg. 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. (Numbers 21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER-ELIM of (Isaiah 15:8)
- A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. (Judges 9:21)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):
(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Nu 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this 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.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 2 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A station of the Israelites Nu 21:16-18
- 2. A town in the territory of the tribe of Judah Jud 9:21
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.