Berachah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul's brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3 ).

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Berachah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/berachah.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. One who joined David at Ziklag. 1 Chronicles 12:3 .

2. A valley between Bethlehem and Hebron where Jehoshaphat overcame Moab and Ammon, and where he blessed the Lord because of the victory: hence its name 'Valley of Blessing.' 2 Chronicles 20:26 , margin. Identified with Wady el Arrub, 35 10' E 31 37' N .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Blessing, a beautiful valley between Tekoa and Etham, where Jehoshaphat and all Judah held a thanksgiving for their miraculous victory over the Moabites and Ammonites, 2 Chronicles 20:26 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ber'achah. (blessing). A Benjamite, who attached himself to David, at Ziklag. 1 Chronicles 12:3. (B.C. 1054).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of Saul's brethren, yet attached himself to David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Beracah

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Berakah', בְּרָכָה, a blessing), the name of a valley and also of a man.

1. (Sept. translates εὐλογία .) A valley in the direction of Tekoa, so called as being the place where Jehoshaphat celebrated the miraculous overthrow of the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chronicles 20:26). It is still called Wady Bereikut, near the ruined village of the same name south of Tekua (Robinson's Researches, 2, 189), first identified by Wolcott (Biblioth. Sac. 1843, p. 43; comp. Wilson, Lands of Bible,, 1, 386). (See Jeruel); (See Caphar-Barucha).

2. (Sept. Βερχία .) One of the thirty Benjamite warriors, "Saul's brethren," who joined David while in retirement at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3). B.C. 1054.