So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.
Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.
When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country
Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.
Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north.
When Achish would ask, “Where did you raid today?” David would say, “The Negev of Judah” or “The Negev of Jeharmeel” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”