Difference between revisions of "Rehoboth"

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<p> ("room, broad space".) Third of Isaac's wells, called so because after that the wells [[Esek]] ("contention") and [[Sitnah]] ("hatred"), which his men had dug, the [[Gerar]] herdsmen would not let him keep peaceably, now at last his good has overcome their evil, and God makes room for him. [[Spiritually]] &nbsp;Romans 12:18-21; &nbsp;Genesis 32:20; &nbsp;Genesis 13:7-9; &nbsp;Matthew 5:25; &nbsp;Revelation 15:2; &nbsp;John 14:2. In the ''wady er Ruhaibeh'' are ruins of a large city, eight hours [[S.]] of Beersheba, and an ancient well, 12 ft. in circumference, built with hewn stone, now filled up (Robinson Phys. Geog., 243; "Our Work in Palestine," 299). Its site is marked by fallen masonry, seemingly a cupola roof of well cemented brick shaped stones. At hand is Shutnet, the "Sitnah" of Scripture: [[Rehoboth]] lies 20 miles [[S.W.]] of Bir es [[Seba]] or Beersheba, with three remaining wells, two full of water, one dry. </p>

<ref name="term_37268"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/rehoboth+(1) Rehoboth from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>