Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Beersheba, or Bir-es-Seba (Heb. Well of the Oath), a village in the south of Canaan which derives its name from the oath there taken by Abraham and Abimelech (Gen. xxi. 31). "From Dan to Beersheba" is an expression often used in the Scriptures to describe the whole extent of the country, and the saying has become proverbial. The village became an episcopal city in later times and existed until the 14th century. The site is only marked now by two wells and a few stones.