Meaning of BERACHAH

(a) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:3).

(a) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:3).
(b) A valley of Judah near Tekoa. Jehoshaphat gave him this name because there he gave thanks to God for the great victory over the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites (2 Chron. 20:26); Traces of this name are found in Bereikut, about 6 km north of Tekoa, 10 km southwest of Bethlehem, in "Wadi el Arrub".

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