Rehoboth (Bible)

• "A well in Gerar dug by Isaac, supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba." Isaac gave it the name Rehoboth, which means "open spaces". Isaac's servants had dug two wells before Rehoboth and the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac's herdsmen. So when they dug the third well and there were no quarrels Isaac named it Rehoboth saying "Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land."
• An ancient city from which came Saul, an Edomite king, "Rehoboth by the river". Since "the River" in the Bible generally is used about Euphrates, scholars have suggested either of two sites near the junction of the Khabur River and the Euphrates. However, this would be a place far outside the Edomite territory. The river mentioned could be a river in the land of Edom, such as Wadi Zered. Rehoboth could possibly be identical with a site southeast of the Dead Sea.
• Rehoboth-Ir was a biblical town named in Genesis as among those founded by Nimrod. Its exact geographic location is unknown. Rehoboth-Ir may possibly have been in the vicinity of the town of Nineveh. However, its name is identical to the Hebrew phrase "rehovot ir, meaning "streets of the town" or "public square of the town", which may refer to Nineveh itself, rather than the name of a distinct town.

  Nabatean and Byzantine town in the Negev