Rehoboth (Bible)

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• A well in Gerar
  Gerar
  
  Gerar - meaning lodging-place - was a Philistine town and district in what is today south-central Israel. Archaeological evidence points to the town having come into existence with the arrival of the Philistines at around 1200 BCE and having been little more than a village until 800 BCE-700 BCE....
   dug by Isaac
  Isaac
  
  According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac The New Testament contains few references to Isaac. The Early Christianity views Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to Binding of Isaac as an example of faith and obedience....
   (Gen. 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba
  Beersheba
  
  Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
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• An ancient city from which came Saul
  Saul (Edomite king)
  
  Saul was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Book of Genesis. He succeeded Samlah of Masrekah in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites....
  , an Edomite king (Gen. 36:37; 1 Chr. 1:48), "Rehoboth by the river." Since "the River" in the Bible generally is used about Euphrates
  Euphrates
  
  The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
  , scholars have suggested either of two sites near the junction of Khabur and Euphrates. However, this would be a place far outside the Edomite territory. The river mentioned could be a river in the land of Edom
  Edom
  
  Edom is a name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible, as well as to the nation descending from him. The nation's name in Assyrian language was Udumi; in Syriac language, ????; in Greek language, ?d???a?a ; in Latin, Idum?a or Idumea....
  , such as Wadi Zered
  Wadi Zered
  
  A wadi in western Jordan. Also known in Jordan as Wadi-Hassa. In ancient times it was the boundary between Moab and Edom. Mentioned in the Torah .The wadi is very big and long and ends in the Dead Sea in the town Karak Governorate ....
   (also known as Wadi al-Hasa). Rehoboth could possibly be identical with a site southeast of the Dead Sea
  Dead Sea
  
  For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
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• Rehoboth-Ir
  Rehoboth-Ir
  
  Rehoboth-Ir is a biblical town named in Genesis 10:11 as among those founded by either Asshur or Nimrod . Its exact geographic location is unknown....
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See also

• Rehovot
  Rehovot
  
  Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200....