67 verses contain “Bethel” (in the KJV: 61, in the BSB: 66) — showing 1–67
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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 he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
From there
Abram moved on to the hill country east of
Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel to the west and
Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward
Bethel, until he came to the place between
Bethel and
Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
And he called the name of that place
Bethel: but the name of that city was called
Luz at the first.
and he called that place
Bethel, though previously the city had been named
Luz.
I am the God of
Bethel, where thou anointedst the
pillar, and where thou vowedst a
vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
I am the God of
Bethel, where you
anointed the
pillar and made a solemn
vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of
Esau thy brother.
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to
Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother
Esau.”
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
So Jacob came to
Luz, which is in the land of
Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
So Jacob and
everyone with him arrived in
Luz (that is,
Bethel) in the land of
Canaan.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
But
Deborah Rebekah’s
nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
Now
Deborah,
Rebekah’s
nurse, died and was buried under the oak below
Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
And they journeyed from
Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to
Ephrath: and
Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Later, they set out from
Bethel, and while they were still some distance from
Ephrath,
Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
And Joshua sent men from
Jericho to
Ai, which is beside Beth-
aven, on the east side of
Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed
Ai.
Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from
Jericho to
Ai, which is near Beth-
aven to the east of
Bethel, and told them, “Go up and
spy out the land.” So the men went up and
spied out
Ai.
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in
ambush, and abode between
Bethel and
Ai, on the west side of
Ai: but Joshua
lodged that night among the people.
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of
ambush and lay in wait between
Bethel and
Ai, to the west of
Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in
ambush between
Bethel and
Ai, on the west side of the city.
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an
ambush between
Bethel and
Ai, to the west of the city.
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.
Not a man was left in
Ai or
Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
The king of
Jericho, one; the king of
Ai, which is beside
Bethel, one;
the king of
Jericho, one; the king of
Ai, which is near
Bethel, one;
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by
Jericho, unto the water of
Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from
Jericho throughout mount
Bethel,
The
allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at
Jericho to the waters of
Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from
Jericho into the hill country of
Bethel.
And goeth out from
Bethel to
Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
It went on from
Bethel (that is,
Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
And the border went over from thence toward
Luz, to the side of
Luz, which is
Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-
adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the
nether Beth-horon.
From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of
Luz (that is,
Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim,
Bethel,
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
And the house of Joseph sent to
descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was
Luz.)
They sent
spies to
Bethel (formerly known as
Luz),
And she dwelt under the palm tree of
Deborah between
Ramah and
Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
And she would sit under the Palm of
Deborah between
Ramah and
Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and
wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to
Bethel, where they sat
weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to
smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the
highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and
wept sore;
So the people came to
Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and
weeping bitterly.
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in
Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of
Bethel, on the east side of the
highway that goeth up from
Bethel to
Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in
Shiloh, which is north of
Bethel east of the road that goes up from
Bethel to
Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
And he went from year to year in circuit to
Bethel, and
Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
Every year he would go on a circuit from
Bethel to
Gilgal to
Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of
Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to
Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carrying a
bottle of wine:
Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of
Tabor. Three men going up to God at
Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel;
whereof two thousand were with Saul in
Michmash and in mount
Bethel, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at
Michmash and in the hill country of
Bethel, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
To them which were in
Bethel, and to them which were in south
Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
He sent gifts to those in
Bethel,
Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
And he set the one in
Bethel, and the other put he in
Dan.
One
calf he set up in
Bethel, and the other in
Dan.
And
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the
fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in
Bethel, sacrificing unto the
calves that he had made: and he placed in
Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
And
Jeroboam ordained a feast on the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in
Bethel to sacrifice to the
calves he had set up, and he
installed priests in
Bethel for the high places he had set up.
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in
Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
On the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing,
Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in
Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
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.
Suddenly, as
Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to
Bethel by the word of the LORD.
And it came to pass, when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had
cried against the altar in
Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
Now when King
Jeroboam, who was at the altar in
Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had
cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him
withered, so that he could not pull it back.
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
For the saying which he
cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in
Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
for the message that he
cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in
Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
In his days did Hiel the
Bethelite build
Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in
Abiram his
firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of
Nun.
In
Ahab’s days, Hiel the
Bethelite rebuilt
Jericho. At the cost of
Abiram his
firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of
Nun.
And
Elijah said unto
Elisha,
Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to
Bethel. And
Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to
Bethel.
and
Elijah said to
Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to
Bethel.” But
Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you
yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to
Bethel.
And the sons of the prophets that were at
Bethel came forth to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said,
Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
Then the sons of the prophets at
Bethel came out to
Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you
today?” “
Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
And he went up from thence unto
Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou
bald head; go up, thou
bald head.
From there,
Elisha went up to
Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and
jeered at him,
chanting, “Go up, you
baldhead! Go up, you
baldhead!”
Howbeit from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin,
Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden
calves that were in
Bethel, and that were in
Dan.
but he did not turn away from the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden
calves at
Bethel and
Dan.
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for
Baal, and for the
grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto
Bethel.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for
Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to
Bethel.
Moreover the altar that was at
Bethel, and the high place which
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he
brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the
grove.
He even pulled down the altar at
Bethel, the high place set up by
Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the
sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of
Bethel.
Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to
provoke the LORD to anger,
Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in
Bethel.
Just as
Josiah had done at
Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had
provoked the LORD to anger.
And their possessions and habitations were,
Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward
Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
Gaza and the towns thereof:
Their holdings and settlements included
Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east,
Gezer and its villages to the west, and
Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
And
Abijah pursued after
Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
Abijah pursued
Jeroboam and captured some cities from him:
Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
The men of
Bethel and
Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
the men of
Bethel and
Ai, 223;
The men of
Bethel and
Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
the men of
Bethel and
Ai, 123;
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at
Michmash, and Aija, and
Bethel, and in their villages,
The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in
Michmash, Aija, and
Bethel with its villages;
Then Moab will be
ashamed of
Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was
ashamed when they trusted in
Bethel.
So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he
wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in
Bethel, and there he spake with us;
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he
wept and sought His favor; he found Him at
Bethel and spoke with Him there—
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
On the day I
punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of
Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
But seek not
Bethel, nor enter into
Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-
sheba: for
Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and
Bethel shall come to
nought.
Do not seek
Bethel or go to
Gilgal; do not journey to
Beersheba, for
Gilgal will surely go into exile, and
Bethel will come to nothing.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and
devour it, and there be none to
quench it in
Bethel.
Seek the LORD and live, or He will
sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will
devour everything, with no one at
Bethel to
extinguish it.
Then
Amaziah the priest of
Bethel sent to
Jeroboam king of Israel, saying,
Amos hath
conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
Then
Amaziah the priest of
Bethel sent word to
Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “
Amos has
conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
But
prophesy not again any more at
Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
But never
prophesy at
Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
Now the people of
Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to
plead before the LORD
Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and repaired the strong cites in
Judea; the fort in
Jericho, and
Emmaus, and Bethhoron, and
Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and Taphon, these did he
strengthen with high walls, with gates and with bars.
