Beer
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Well.
A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab.
A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):
(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Num 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this song: `Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter--with their staves' (Num 21:16). The place is not identified.
(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Judg 9:21). This may be identical with Beeroth, which see.
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