A city northeast of the contemporary Beer Sheva in the Negeb. It is mentioned in connection with the wanderings of the patriarch, Abraham, in ancient times. It was destroyed and the area was not occupied until ca. 400 B.C.E., when the Persians built a...

Coordinates: 31°14′0″N, 34°47′0″E Beersheba (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע‎, Be'er Sheva, Arabic: بئر السبع, Bir' as-Sabi) is the largest city in the Negev desert of Israel. It is often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev."...