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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 to this day.
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The Valley of Blessing
Commentators explain that the name "Beracah" literally means "blessing." The valley was named this because the people of Judah gathered there for a formal, public act of thanksgiving to God for their miraculous victory. This act of naming served as a permanent memorial of God's deliverance, linking the place to the praise offered there.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The valley of Berachah - This is probably the Wady Bereikut, which lies a short distance northwest of Tekoa.
19th Century
Anglican
Valley of Berachah — i.e., blessing. The place is still called Wady Beraikut, a wide, open valley west of Tekoa,…
Baptist
This is the Valley of Blessing: surely an appropriate name worthy of long remembrance.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah As it was afterwards called from what they did …
Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will anything help more to establish the heart in…
