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Shibah

SHIBAH*

Name of the fourth well dug by Isaac’s servants, so named for the covenant made between Isaac and Abimelech, king of Gerar. The city at the location of the well was called Beersheba (Gn 26:33, nlt mg).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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