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Morrish Bible Dictionary

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1. A station of the Israelites when they drew near the Land, so called because of a well (which the word signifies) being sunk there, from which God gave them water. They sang -

"Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:

The princes digged the well,

The nobles of the people digged it

By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves."

Numbers 21:16-18 . Probably the same as BEER-ELIM of Isaiah 15:8 .

2. Place to which Jotham fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. Judges 9:21 . Its position unknown.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Beer'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​b/beer.html. 1897.
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