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Tel Be'er Sheva

Tel Be'er Sheva

An archaeological site about three kilometers east of the city of Beersheba

Scripture

Tanakh

עַל־כֵּן קָרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע כִּי שָׁם נִשְׁבְּעוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם

Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.

בראשית כא, לא

The story

Tel Be'er Sheva is an archaeological site about three kilometers east of the city of Beersheba, between the city and the locality of Tel Sheva. The site is identified with biblical Beersheba, and it was excavated in the years 1969 to 1976. The excavations uncovered a fortified Israelite city with a casemate wall and a city gate of four chambers, and also a horned altar of stone — the first uncovered in Israel — which is displayed today at the Israel Museum. In 2005 the tel was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, together with Megiddo and Hazor, under the joint name “the Biblical Tels”. The site has been open to visitors as a national park since 1990. The locality of Tel Sheva, east of the tel, is another place: a Bedouin local council founded in 1968, a neighbor of the tel and distinct from it.

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In this place

The Well of Tel Be'er Sheva The water well of the ancient city on Tel Be'er Sheva is located outside the wall and adjoins the city gate
The Water System at Tel Be'er Sheva The ancient city on Tel Be'er Sheva had two water systems: a well outside the wall
The Horned Altar at Tel Be'er Sheva In the excavations of Tel Be'er Sheva the stones of a large altar from the period of the Kingdom of Judah were found

Perhaps this too

Abraham's Well Lies on the bank of Nahal Be'er Sheva
Nahal Be'er Sheva Park Extends along the course of the stream from Tel Be'er Sheva to the Neve Ze'ev neighborhood
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