KJV ORIGINAL
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And he called it Shebah, which is why the city is named Beersheba to this day.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse explains how the city of Beersheba got its name from Isaac's well called Shebah.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the story of Isaac digging wells in the land of the Philistines, where he had conflicts over water rights but eventually made peace with King Abimelech. The well named Shebah (meaning 'oath' or 'seven') commemorated the covenant they made together. Beersheba became an important city in ancient Israel, often used as a boundary marker in the phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba.'
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