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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Beersheba
     well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and
     so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact
     (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name
     (Gen. 26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of
     these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned


     among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:2; 1
     Chr. 4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles
     (Judg. 20:1; 1 Chr. 21:2; 2 Sam. 24:2), became the usual way of
     designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb.
     After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into
     "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Neh. 11:30). The
     kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount
     Ephraim (2 Chr. 19:4). The name is not found in the New
     Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es-Seba, i.e.,
     "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two
     principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway
     between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Beersheba, the well of an oath; the seventh well
  

















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