bē̇-rā´ka, ber´a-ka (the King James Version Berachah; עמק בּרכה, ‛ēmeḳ berākhāh; κοιλὰς εὐλογίας, koilás eulogı́as): After the victory of Jehoshaphat and his people over Moab and Ammon, “On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah (i.e. of blessing) unto this day” ([2Ch 20:26]). In the Wady ‛Arrûb there is a ruin called Breikût and the valley in its proximity receives the same name. This is on the main road from Hebron to Jerusalem and not far from Tekoa; it suits the narrative well (see PEF, III, 352).
