Most students of the Bible know about Beersheba. It played a major role in Genesis, and yet, few pilgrims go there today. That’s strange, because there’s plenty to see at Tel Beersheba.

(Photo: Beersheba tell from east. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)

Visitors today can observe various remains, including:

• a typical Israelite four-room house
• a pillared building used as stables
• a major underground water system

As significant as Tel Beersheba is, it seldom finds itself on the tour itinerary of pilgrims to the land of Israel—probably because the site seems too far south. Beersheba has several neighboring sites that even fewer see (or have even heard of).

Let’s take a peek at these 3 sites and see their significance.