What is Beersheba known for?
Beersheba, Hebrew Beʾer Shevaʿ, biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main centre of the Negev (ha-Negev) region. … Beersheba is first mentioned as the site where Abraham, founder of the Jewish people, made a covenant with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar (Genesis 21). What does Beersheba mean? Abimelech conceded that…