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It is derived from the Hebrew words "beth" (house) and "El" (God). This name reflects the site's significant religious and historical importance in biblical narratives. Biblical Significance: Bethel is a prominent location in the Bible, first mentioned in Genesis. It is closely associated with the patriarch Jacob. In <a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>, after experiencing a divine vision of a ladder reaching to heaven, Jacob names the place Bethel, saying, "This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Historical Context: Bethel is located approximately 10 miles north of Jerusalem. It was a major city in the ancient Kingdom of Israel and played a significant role in the religious and political life of the Israelites. Key Biblical Events: 1. Jacob's Dream: In <a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Genesis 28:10-22</a>, Jacob, fleeing from his brother Esau, stops for the night at Bethel. He dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven with angels ascending and descending on it. The LORD stands above it and reiterates the covenant made with Abraham and Isaac, promising Jacob the land on which he lies and numerous descendants. Upon waking, Jacob declares the place to be the house of God and sets up a stone pillar, anointing it with oil. 2. Jacob's Return: In <a href="/genesis/35.htm">Genesis 35:1-15</a>, God instructs Jacob to return to Bethel and settle there. Jacob builds an altar to God, who appears to him again, blessing him and reaffirming his name as Israel. This event marks Bethel as a place of divine encounter and covenant renewal. 3. The Ark of the Covenant: Bethel is mentioned in <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18</a>, where the Israelites go to Bethel to inquire of God regarding their battle against the Benjamites. The presence of the Ark of the Covenant at Bethel during this period indicates its religious significance. 4. Jeroboam's Idolatry: In <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-33</a>, King Jeroboam of Israel establishes Bethel as one of the centers for idol worship, setting up a golden calf and appointing non-Levitical priests. This act of apostasy is condemned by the prophets and marks a turning point in Bethel's religious history. 5. Prophetic Denunciations: The prophets Amos and Hosea denounce Bethel for its idolatry. <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a> and <a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Hosea 10:15</a> highlight God's judgment against the city for its unfaithfulness, emphasizing the consequences of turning away from true worship. Archaeological Insights: Archaeological excavations at Bethel have uncovered remains from various periods, including the Iron Age, which align with the biblical timeline. These findings provide insights into the city's historical and cultural context during the biblical era. Theological Themes: Bethel serves as a symbol of divine encounter, covenant, and the tension between true worship and idolatry. It represents both the faithfulness of God in fulfilling His promises and the consequences of Israel's disobedience. Modern Relevance: Today, Bethel is a site of historical and religious interest, reflecting the enduring legacy of biblical events and their impact on faith and history. It continues to be a place of pilgrimage and study for those seeking to understand the biblical narrative and its significance.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>Bethel(the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Palestine, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. If we are to accept the precise definition of (<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a>) the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. (<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">13:3,4</a>) Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. (<a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Genesis 28:11-19</a>; <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">31:13</a>) Jacob lived there. (<a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1-8</a>) The original name was Luz. (<a href="/judges/1-22.htm">Judges 1:22,23</a>) After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. (<a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18,26,31</a>; <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">21:2</a>) Authorized Version, "house of God." Here was the ark of the covenant. (<a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Judges 20:26-28</a>; <a href="/judges/21-4.htm">21:4</a>) Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. (<a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a>) Here Jeroboab placed one of the two calves of gold. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. (<a href="/2_chronicles/13-19.htm">2 Chronicles 13:19</a>) Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. (<a href="/2_kings/2-2.htm">2 Kings 2:2,3</a>) But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. (<a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">2 Kings 10:29</a>) After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. (<a href="/2_kings/17-27.htm">2 Kings 17:27,28</a>) In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin . Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. <ol> <li>A town in the south part of Judah, named in (<a href="/joshua/12-16.htm">Joshua 12:16</a>) and 1Sam 30:27 In (<a href="/joshua/15-30.htm">Joshua 15:30</a>; <a href="/joshua/19-4.htm">19:4</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/4-29.htm">1 Chronicles 4:29,30</a>) the place appears under the name of <a href="../c/chesil.htm">CHESIL</a>, <a href="../b/bethul.htm">BETHUL</a> and <a href="../b/bethuel.htm">BETHUEL</a>. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. (<a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm">1 Kings 16:34</a>)</li> <li>In (<a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Joshua 16:1</a>) and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>BethelHouse of God, the name of a city west of Hai, on the confines of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin, <a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a> 28:10-22, and occupying the spot where Jacob slept and had his memorable dream, the name he then gave it superseding the old name Luz, <a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Jude 1:23</a>. Thirty years after, he again pitched his tent there, <a href="/context/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1-15</a>. It was captured by Joshua, and given to Benjamin, <a href="/joshua/12-9.htm">Joshua 12:9</a> 18:22. The Ephraimites, however, expelled the Canaanites, <a href="/context/jude/1-22.htm">Jude 1:22-26</a>. Here the ark of the covenant, and probably the tabernacle, long remained, Jud 20:26 <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a>. Samuel held his court here in turn, <a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a>. After Solomon, it became a seat of gross idolatry; Jeroboam choosing it as the place for one of his golden calves, from the sacredness previously attached to it, <a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29</a>. The prophets were charged with messages against Bethel, <a href="/context/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1</a>,2 <a href="/jeremiah/48-13.htm">Jeremiah 48:13</a> Am 3:14 7:10. The first of these was fulfilled by Josiah, <a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">2 Kings 23:13</a>; and the others in the later desolation of Bethel, where nothing but ruins can now be found. Its site was identified by Dr. Robinson, in the place now called Beitin. It is twelve miles from Jerusalem towards Shechem, on the southern side of a hill, with a narrow and fertile valley on the east, and the long-traveled road on the west. At the bottom of the hill are the remains of a vast stone reservoir, of an ancient Hebrew age. <a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>House of God. (1.) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a>); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (<a href="/genesis/13-4.htm">13:4</a>). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (<a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">28:10</a>, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (<a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">35:1</a>-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El-beth-el" (q.v.). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (<a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">12:4</a>, 5) makes reference.In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (<a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18</a>, 31; <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">21:2</a>). Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (<a href="/judges/20-26.htm">20:26</a>-28). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (<a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a>). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28</a>-33; <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">13:1</a>). Hence the prophet Hosea (<a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">5:8</a>; <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">10:5</a>, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (<a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">2 Kings 17:28</a>, 29). At length all traces of the idolatries were extirpated by Josiah, king of Judah (<a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15</a>-18); and the place was still in existence after the Captivity (<a href="/ezra/2-28.htm">Ezra 2:28</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-32.htm">Nehemiah 7:32</a>). It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh.(2.) Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (<a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Joshua 16:1</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">1 Samuel 13:2</a>).(3.) A town in the south of Judah (<a href="/joshua/8-17.htm">Joshua 8:17</a>; <a href="/joshua/12-16.htm">12:16</a>). <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.2. (n.) A chapel for dissenters.3. (n.) A house of worship for seamen.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>BETHELbeth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. 1. Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a>). It is named as on the northern border of Benjamin (the southern of Ephraim, <a href="/joshua/16-2.htm">Joshua 16:2</a>), at the top of the ascent from the Jordan valley by way of Ai (<a href="/joshua/18-13.htm">Joshua 18:13</a>). It lay South of Shiloh (<a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19</a>). Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 12 Roman miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Neapolis. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. In ancient times these were supplemented by a reservoir hewn in the rock South of the town. The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream. 2. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>, etc.). When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (<a href="/genesis/28-11.htm">Genesis 28:11</a>. Hebrew). The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. The maqom was doubtless that at which Abraham had sacrificed, East of the town. In the morning Jacob set up "for a pillar" the stone which had served as his pillow (<a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18</a>; see PILLAR, matstsebhah), poured oil upon it and called the name of the place Bethel, "house of God"; that is, of God whose epiphany was for him associated with the pillar. This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. Jacob revisited the place on his return from Paddan-aram; here Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under "the oak" (<a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Genesis 35:6 f</a>). Probably on rising ground East of Bethel Abraham and Lot stood to view the uninviting highlands and the rich lands of the Jordan valley (<a href="/genesis/13-9.htm">Genesis 13:9</a>). 3. History: Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (<a href="/joshua/12-16.htm">Joshua 12:16</a>). It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (<a href="/joshua/18-22.htm">Joshua 18:22</a>). In <a href="/judges/1-22.htm">Judges 1:22</a> it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">1 Chronicles 7:28</a>). Hither the ark was brought from Gilgal (<a href="/judges/2-1.htm">Judges 2:1</a>, Septuagint). Israel came to Bethel to consult the Divine oracle (<a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18</a>), and it became an important center of worship (<a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a>). The home of the prophetess Deborah was not far off (<a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a>). Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (<a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a>). With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest period of splendor and significance. To counteract the influence of Jerusalem as the national religious center Jeroboam embarked on the policy which won for him the unenviable reputation of having "made Israel to sin." Here he erected a temple, set up an image, the golden calf, and established an imposing ritual. It became the royal sanctuary and the religious center of his kingdom (<a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29</a> <a href="/amos/7-13.htm">Amos 7:13</a>). He placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made (<a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32</a>). To Bethel came the man of God from Judah who pronounced doom against Jeroboam (<a href="/nasb/1_kings/13.htm">1 Kings 13</a>), and who, having been seduced from duty by an aged prophet in Bethel, was slain by a lion. According to the prophets Amos and Hosea the splendid idolatries of Bethel were accompanied by terrible moral and religious degradation. Against the place they launched the most scathing denunciations, declaring the vengeance such things must entail (<a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a>; <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a>; <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a> m; <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1</a> <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Hosea 5:8</a>; <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Hosea 10:5, 8, 15</a>). With the latter the name Bethel gives place in mockery to Beth-aven. Bethel shared in the downfall of Samaria wrought by the Assyrians; and according to an old tradition, Shalmaneser possessed himself of the golden calf (compare <a href="/jeremiah/48-13.htm">Jeremiah 48:13</a>). The priest, sent by the Assyrians to teach the people whom they had settled in the land how to serve Yahweh, dwelt in Bethel (<a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">2 Kings 17:28</a>). King Josiah completed the demolition of the sanctuary at Bethel, destroying all the instruments of idolatry, and harr ying the tombs of the idolaters. The monument of the man of God from Judah he allowed to stand (<a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4, 25</a>). The men of Bethel were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (<a href="/ezra/2-28.htm">Ezra 2:28</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-32.htm">Nehemiah 7:32</a>), and it is mentioned as reoccupied by the Benjamites (<a href="/nehemiah/11-31.htm">Nehemiah 11:31</a>). Zechariah (<a href="/zechariah/7-2.htm">Zechariah 7:2</a>) records the sending of certain men from Jerusalem in the 4th year of King Darius to inquire regarding particular religious practices. Bethel was one of the towns fortified by Bacchides in the time of the Maccabees (1 Maccabees 9:50; Ant, XIII, i, 3). It is named again as a small town which, along with Ephraim, was taken by Vespasian as he approached Jerusalem (BJ, IV, ix, 9). (2) A city in Judah which in <a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm">1 Samuel 30:27</a> is called Bethel; in <a href="/joshua/19-4.htm">Joshua 19:4</a> Bethul; and in <a href="/1_chronicles/4-30.htm">1 Chronicles 4:30</a> Bethuel. The site has not been identified. In <a href="/joshua/15-30.htm">Joshua 15:30</a> Septuagint gives Baithel in Judah, where the Hebrew has Kecil-probably a scribal error. W. EwingBETHEL, MOUNT(har beth-'el; Baithel louza (<a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">1 Samuel 13:2</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "the mount of Bethel"; <a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Joshua 16:1</a>)): The hill which stretches from the North of the town to Tell `Acur. The road to Shechem lies along the ridge. An army in possession of these heights easily commanded the route from north to south.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/416.htm">416. El Beth-el -- "the God of Bethel," an altar of Jacob</a> ... El Beth-el. 417 . "the God of Bethel," an altar of Jacob. Transliteration: El Beth-el Phonetic Spelling: (ale bayth-ale') Short Definition: El-bethel. ... /hebrew/416.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1017.htm">1017. Beth Haeli -- an inhabitant of Bethel</a> ... an inhabitant of Bethel. Transliteration: Beth Haeli Phonetic Spelling: (bayth haw-el-ee') Short Definition: Bethelite. ... of Bethel NASB Word Usage Bethelite (1). ... /hebrew/1017.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3870.htm">3870. Luz -- earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city</a> ... 3869, 3870. Luz. 3871 . earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city. Transliteration: Luz Phonetic Spelling: (looz) Short Definition: Luz. ... /hebrew/3870.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3466.htm">3466. Yeshanah -- a city near Bethel</a> ... 3465, 3466. Yeshanah. 3467 . a city near Bethel. Transliteration: Yeshanah Phonetic Spelling: (yesh-aw-naw') Short Definition: Jeshanah. Word Origin fem. ... /hebrew/3466.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm">1008. Betheel -- "house of God," a city in Ephraim, also a place ...</a> ... Betheel. 1009 . "house of God," a city in Ephraim, also a place in S. Judah. Transliteration: Betheel Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-ale') Short Definition: Bethel ... /hebrew/1008.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/206.htm">206. Aven -- "wickedness," a contemptuous synonym for two places</a> ... Aven. The same as 'aven; idolatry; Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel) -- Aven. ... /hebrew/206.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/old_and_new_year_446.htm">Old and New Year 446. O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand</a> ... IV. SPECIAL OCCASIONS Old and New Year 446. O God of Bethel, by whose hand. CM ... John Logan, 1781. O God of Bethel, by whose hand. Thy people still are fed; ... /.../old and new year 446.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_9_how_jadon_the.htm">How Jadon the Prophet was Persuaded by Another Lying Prophet and ...</a> ... CHAPTER 9. How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet And Returned [To Bethel,] And Was Afterwards Slain By A Lion. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how jadon the.htm<a href="/library/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_six_the_best_inheritance.htm">The Best Inheritance in Canaan</a> ... The truth is, I did all possible to gain a home at Bethel, or on Moriah; either place seemed better than this; at least it did for some time, until I learned ... /.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter six the best inheritance.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_chariot_of_fire.htm">The Chariot of Fire</a> ... Apparently this Gilgal is not the well-known place so called, which was down in the Jordan valley close to Jericho, else the road from it to Bethel could not ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the chariot of fire.htm<a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_lviii_the_same_is_proved.htm">The Same is Proved from the visions which Appeared to Jacob.</a> ... For I have seen what Laban doeth unto thee. I am the God who appeared to thee in Bethel, [2151] where thou anointedst a pillar and vowedst a vow unto Me. ... /.../chapter lviii the same is proved.htm<a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_7_jeroboam.htm">Jeroboam</a> ... He would bring this about by creating within the borders of his newly formed kingdom two centers of worship, one at Bethel and the other at Dan. ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 7 jeroboam.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_mantle_of_elijah.htm">The Mantle of Elijah</a> ... And Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as Jehovah lives and as you live, I will not ... //christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the mantle of elijah.htm<a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_23_the_assyrian_captivity.htm">The Assyrian Captivity</a> ... Through the man of God that had appeared before the altar at Bethel, through Elijah and Elisha, through Amos and Hosea, the Lord had repeatedly set before the ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 23 the assyrian captivity.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_sins_of_society.htm">The Sins of Society</a> ... vanities. We must give up seeking Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba, seats of the calf worship, if we are to seek God to purpose. The ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the sins of society.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xxxv.htm">Chapter xxxv</a> ... 1. And God said to Jacob: Arise, go up to Bethel and tarry there, and \make there an altar unto God who appeared to thee at the time of the flight from before ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxv.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel (67 Occurrences)</a> ... The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the ... /b/bethel.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/b/bethel-sarezer.htm">Bethel-sarezer (1 Occurrence)</a> Bethel-sarezer. Beth-el-luz, Bethel-sarezer. Bethemek . Multi-Version Concordance Bethel-sarezer (1 Occurrence). Zechariah ... /b/bethel-sarezer.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/e/el-bethel.htm">El-bethel (1 Occurrence)</a> El-bethel. Elbethel, El-bethel. El-beth-el . Easton's Bible Dictionary God of Bethel, the name of the place where Jacob had the ... /e/el-bethel.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/l/luz.htm">Luz (7 Occurrences)</a> ... (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Genesis 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Joshua 18:13). ... (see BETHEL.). ... /l/luz.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/a/ai.htm">Ai (32 Occurrences)</a> ... It lay to the east of Bethel, "beside Beth-aven." The spot which is most probably the site of this ancient city is Haiyan, 2 miles east from Bethel. ... /a/ai.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/b/bethaven.htm">Bethaven (6 Occurrences)</a> ... House of nothingness; ie, "of idols", a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Joshua 7:2; 18:12; 1 Samuel 13:5). In Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it ... /b/bethaven.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/d/deborah.htm">Deborah (10 Occurrences)</a> ... Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the "oak of weeping", Allon-bachuth (35:8). (2.) A prophetess, "wife" (woman?) of Lapidoth. ... /d/deborah.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/b/beth-aven.htm">Beth-aven (6 Occurrences)</a> ... House of nothingness; ie, "of idols", a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Joshua 7:2; 18:12; 1 Samuel 13:5). In Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it ... /b/beth-aven.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/h/hai.htm">Hai (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Genesis 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there ... /h/hai.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (361 Occurrences)</a> ... The vision of angels was the counterpart of that he had formerly seen at Bethel, when, twenty years before, the weary, solitary traveller, on his way to Padan ... /j/jacob.htm - 77k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bethel-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of Bethel in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bethel-Church-Redding.html">What is Bethel Church, Redding CA? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Culture.html">What is Jesus Culture? Is Jesus Culture biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/bethel.htm">Bethel: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Bethel (67 Occurrences)<a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a> He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Genesis 13:3</a> He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a> He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. (WEB KJV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Genesis 31:13</a> I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'" (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a> God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-3.htm">Genesis 35:3</a> Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went." (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Genesis 35:6</a> So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-7.htm">Genesis 35:7</a> And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (Root in KJV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a> Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-15.htm">Genesis 35:15</a> Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel." (WEB KJV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Genesis 35:16</a> They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/7-2.htm">Joshua 7:2</a> Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/8-9.htm">Joshua 8:9</a> Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/8-12.htm">Joshua 8:12</a> He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/8-17.htm">Joshua 8:17</a> And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. (KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/12-9.htm">Joshua 12:9</a> the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; (WEB KJV ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/12-16.htm">Joshua 12:16</a> the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; (WEB KJV ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Joshua 16:1</a> The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/16-2.htm">Joshua 16:2</a> It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth; (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/18-13.htm">Joshua 18:13</a> The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/18-22.htm">Joshua 18:22</a> Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/1-22.htm">Judges 1:22</a> The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Judges 1:23</a> The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a> She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18</a> The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, "Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?" Yahweh said, "Judah shall go up first." (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Judges 20:26</a> Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh. (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/20-31.htm">Judges 20:31</a> The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Judges 21:2</a> The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19</a> They said, "Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah." (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a> He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> "Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">1 Samuel 13:2</a> Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm">1 Samuel 30:27</a> He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir, (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29</a> He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-30.htm">1 Kings 12:30</a> And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan. (See RSV)<a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32</a> Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">1 Kings 12:33</a> He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. (KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">1 Kings 13:4</a> It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him!" His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-10.htm">1 Kings 13:10</a> So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-11.htm">1 Kings 13:11</a> Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">1 Kings 13:32</a> For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen." (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm">1 Kings 16:34</a> In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. (Root in WEB KJV JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/2-2.htm">2 Kings 2:2</a> Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel." Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/2-3.htm">2 Kings 2:3</a> The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace." (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23</a> He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldhead!" (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">2 Kings 10:29</a> However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">2 Kings 17:28</a> So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4</a> The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15</a> Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-17.htm">2 Kings 23:17</a> Then he said, "What monument is that which I see?" The men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel." (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19</a> All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">1 Chronicles 7:28</a> Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns; (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/13-19.htm">2 Chronicles 13:19</a> Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns. (WEB KJV JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezra/2-28.htm">Ezra 2:28</a> The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/7-32.htm">Nehemiah 7:32</a> The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three. (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-31.htm">Nehemiah 11:31</a> The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns, (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/48-13.htm">Jeremiah 48:13</a> Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Hosea 10:15</a> So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed. (WEB KJV DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Hosea 12:4</a> Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us, (WEB KJV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a> "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a> "Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a> but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/5-6.htm">Amos 5:6</a> Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel. (WEB KJV JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/7-10.htm">Amos 7:10</a> Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/7-13.htm">Amos 7:13</a> but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!" (WEB KJV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/zechariah/7-2.htm">Zechariah 7:2</a> The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh's favor, (WEB JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a><a href="/topical/b/beth-hel.htm">Beth-Hel</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/b/bethel-sarezer.htm">Bethel-sarezer (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/e/el-bethel.htm">El-bethel (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/b/beth-el.htm">Beth-el (65 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/el-beth-el.htm">El-beth-el (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/b/beth-el-luz.htm">Beth-el-luz (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/l/luz.htm">Luz (7 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/elbethel.htm">Elbethel (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/a/ai.htm">Ai (32 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/beth-aven.htm">Beth-aven (6 Occurrences)</a><a 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