Beer Sheva, Israel
Beersheba
The well at the edge of the desert where the patriarchs swore oaths.
Biblical significance
Beersheba marks the southern limit of the land — "from Dan to Beersheba" — and the wells here are tied to Abraham and Isaac, who dug, lost and re-dug them in disputes with Abimelech. Tel Beer Sheva preserves a planned Iron Age town with a deep well at the gate, a four-horned altar and a vast underground cistern, an unusually clear picture of daily life in the age of the kings.
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Best time to go
November to March; summer in the Negev is severe.
Visitor notes
Tel Beer Sheva National Park is east of the modern city, about 90 minutes from Jerusalem. Shaded observation tower and a cistern you can descend into.
Coordinates
31.2447, 34.8411
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