Beracah, Valley of
Beracah, Valley of
be-raka, bera-ka (the King James Version Berachah; , emek berakhah; , koilas eulogas): After the victory of Jehoshaphat and his people over Moab and Ammon, On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah (i.e. of blessing) unto this day (2Ch 20:26). In the Wady Arrub there is a ruin called Breikut and the valley in its proximity receives the same name. This is on the main road from Hebron to Jerusalem and not far from Tekoa; it suits the narrative well (see PEF, III, 352).