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BERACAH (‘blessing’).—1. One of Saul’s brethren who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch_12:3). 2. ‘The valley of blessing,’ where Jehoshaphat gave thanks for victory over the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites, who had marched from Engedi to Tekoa (1Ch_12:2; 1Ch_12:20). The name survives at the ruin Bereikût on the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron, west of Tekoa.