I told you B T ,it was belonging to the Jews, its all mentioned thousands of years ago in some book called the Bible. I have never got around to reading the Old Testament as yet ! The Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.
The definitions of the limits of this territory vary between passages in the Hebrew Bible, with specific mentions in Genesis 15, Exodus 23, Numbers 34 and Ezekiel 47. Nine times elsewhere in the Bible, the settled land is referred as "from Dan to Beersheba", and three times it is referred as "from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt" (1 Kings 8:65, 1 Chronicles 13:5 and 2 Chronicles 7:8). Do you remember I told you what in Hebrew 'Beersheba' means! Be'er is a well ,and Sheba or Sheva means seven. ( the place of 7 wells !)

After Beersheva its a desert! Then way back in history ,before you cross the desert ,you need water! ( The desert stretches just south of Beersheva unto Eilat ,on the Red sea.) The desert is about 230 kms from there to the Red sea.