Beersheba

Beersheba (meaning well of the oath or well of seven) was the southernmost significant city of ancient Israel, marking the boundary of the settled land in the proverbial phrase from Dan to Beersheba. Abraham dug a well there and made a covenant with Abimelech (Genesis 21:31); Isaac re-dug the same well and received a divine covenant-renewal there (Genesis 26:23–25); and Jacob received God's assurance there on his way to Egypt (Genesis 46:1–4). Elijah fled to Beersheba and rested under a broom tree before his journey to Horeb (1 Kings 19:3–4). The city lay in the northern Negev, in the territory of Simeon within Judah's borders.