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JACOBS WELL

The location of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman (John 4). The only well explicitly named in the NT, it is associated with Bir Yaʿaqûb (177179) at the base of Mt. Gerizim near Tell Balâṭah. The well is ca. 30 m. (100 ft.) deep and appears to be fed by an underground stream.

Debate continues regarding the NT association of the well with the Samaritan town of Sychar. Some hold that Sychar is to be associated with the present town of Askar N of the well. Others associate Sychar with Shechem. However, recent archaeological evidence indicates that Shechem no longer existed in the 1st century c.e. Whatever the case, the present well at Bir Yaʿaqûb accords well with the biblical evidence and is attested to by Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, and Muslim sources. Jerome reports that a church was located on the site by the end of the 4th century, and the Crusaders built a church there in the 11th century.

D. Larry Gregg

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JACOBS WELL

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)