Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of 214,162, [1] and the second-largest city in area (after Jerusalem), with a total area of 117,500 dunams (45 mi 2 / 117.5 km 2).

2025年1月30日 · Beersheba, biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main centre of the Negev (in Hebrew, Ha-Negev; in Arabic, al-Naqab) 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).

Geographically Beersheba marked the southern limit of Judah, though theoretically this extended to the "river of Egypt" (Genesis 15:18)-the modern Wady el`Avish-60 miles farther south. It was the extreme border of the cultivated land.

2022年1月4日 · Beersheba was a city in ancient Israel in the southern part of the land. To the south of Beersheba was the Negev Desert, so Beersheba marked the southernmost boundary of cultivated land in Israel.

2021年11月8日 · 28 miles southwest of Hebron and 45 miles southwest of Jerusalem, it is the fourth largest city in modern Israel. Beersheba is home to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and also serves as a center for Israel’s high-tech and developing technology industry. In 2005, the archaeological site at Beersheba was registered as UNESCO World Heritage ...

2023年10月16日 · District: Southern. Population: ~ 220,000. Written and fact-checked by Ontheworldmap.com team.

Beersheba is a city in Southern District, Israel and has about 210,000 residents. Beersheba is situated nearby to the suburb Alef , as well as near Old City . Overview

Beersheba (Hebrew: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע ‎, Be'er Sheva, Turkish: Birüssebi) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev." In the Bible, water-rich Beersheba was once the home of each of the major Hebrew patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, …

Beersheba (biblical: Beersheba; Heb. בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, also Beersheva, Beer Sheva) is a city in the Negev on the southern border of Judah; its name has been preserved in the Arabic form Bīr (Beʾr) al-Saʿb. Beersheba was first settled in the Chalcolithic period.

2012年10月29日 · Beersheba epitomizes the faith God required to live in the Holy Land. Standing in the arid winds of Tel Beersheba, the truth seems both overwhelming and irresistible. God used this unassuming, barren place to shape some of the most significant lives in the Bible.