-A city within the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah Joshua 15:31
-Revelation-allotted to the tribe of Simeon Joshua 19:5
-David lives at 1 Samuel 27:5, 6; 2 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 12:1
-Amalekites destroy 1 Samuel 30
-Inhabited by the returned exiles of Judah Nehemiah 1 1 :28
