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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beer:

well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)

(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Jdg 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Beer:

a well

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Beer:

be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus =" well"):

(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Nu 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this song: ‘ Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter-with their staves' (Nu 21:16 ff). The place is not identified.

(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Jud 9:21). This may be identical with BEEROTH, which see.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Beer:

(a well).

(1.) One of the latest halting‐places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon (Numbers 21:16-18). This is possibly the BEER‐ELIM of Isaiah 15:8.

(2.) A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech (Judges 9:21).

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