Yeruham (, ) is a town (
local council) in the
Southern District of
Israel, in the
Negev desert. It has a population of
Sephardi Jews as well as some
Haredi Jews. Its area is 34,000
dunams (34 km²) and its population is 9,400 (
2006 census). The mayor of Yeruham is
Amram Mitzna.Yeruham was a locality named (Tel Rahma) in the 10th century BCE, and its precise location is today's west Yeruham.There is an ancient well located next to Yeruhamn, called Be'er Rahma (באר רחמה). Archeologists believe it to be the well in which
Hagar (Abraham's mistress) found water for her son
Ishmael.
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