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[Well done …] The well is located outside the gate. Its water served the inhabitants as well as the caravans that passed this way. It is not known whether this well is the well mentioned in Genesis in the story of the alliance of Abraham with the Philistine King Abimelech. It was the oath sworn at the well that gave the city its name. Read Genesis 21:27-32 and the preliminary story in Genesis 20.
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[May and without water!] A railway bridge and a motorway bridge span the river bed. Right, in the background, the modern city of Beer Sheva. Beer Sheva stream is a tributary of the HaBesor stream and spills into the Mediterranean Sea in the Gaza strip, where it is called Wadi Gaza.
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[The time of King Hezekiah] Excavations were carried out mainly from 1969 to 1976 by the Tel Aviv University Institute of Achaeolgy, under the direction of Prof. Y. Aharoni. Later works were done by Prof. Z. Herzog. As a prime source for studying and analyzing the plan of the Israelite city it was decided to uncover large segments of the last city on the mound (Stratum 2). The remains are from the 8th century B.C. At that time King Hezekiah initiated a religious ‘reform’. See 2 Kings 18:1-4.
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[Old and new] Old Beer Sheva is located at Wadi Beer Sheva, whereas the modern city is located 5 km W.
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[Amazing beautiful shaft] The city’s internal water system consisted of a 17 m deep shaft lined with stones with a flight of steps along its sides, a huge reservoir hewn into the chalk rock with a total capacity of 700 cubic meters and a winding feeder channel that let flood waters into the reservoir.
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[The destroyed altar] The stones of the altar were discovered incorporated into a storehouse wall. The altar shows that the city pursued cultic practices. Its dismantling and burial attest a dramatic change. The abolishment of the cultic site was connected to the religious ‘reform’ of King Hezekiah. See 2 Kings 18:1-4. – The original altar is on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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is beautiful
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Hi, would it be possible to use your picture in a magazine? Please contact me at jobertil@wycliffe.no. Best regards, Jo Bertil
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IT'S A VERY ICE PLACE
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This has a divine look, very prime... Nice.
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