Beer

Beer [N] [E] [H]

(a well ).

  1. One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. ( Numbers 21:16-18 ) This is possibly the BEER-ELIM of ( Isaiah 15:8 )
  2. A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. ( Judges 9:21 )

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Beer'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.