And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bera. Hebrew, Bar or Beera, "the well. "There was a place of this name in the tribe of Ruben, where the Israelites encamped, Numbers xxi. 16. Bersabee, in the tribe of Juda, was another famous well, and it is probable that Joatham would retire to some distant place. (Haydock)
St. Jerome mentions a Bera, eight miles north of Eleuthero polis; and Maundrell speaks of another, about 21 miles from Sichem, on the road to Jerusalem. The dominion of Abimelech did not extend far. (Calmet)
