Place
Name meaning: wells; explaining (Hitchcock)
Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. (Joshua 9:17) It is now el-Bireh, which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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