This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
Definition
from H1004 and H410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Beth-el.
Traditional renderings: Beth-el.
Glossary entries
Bethel (Place), Bethelite Luz Bethuel, Bethul (Place) Bochim Aven El-bethel
Where it occurs
Occurrences
142 total
- 2 Kings 17:28 (2×)בְּבֵֽית־; אֵ֑ל · in BethelThus 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.
- 2 Kings 23:4 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · to BethelThen 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.
- 2 Kings 23:15 (2×)בְּבֵֽית־; אֵ֗ל · at BethelHe 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.
- 2 Kings 23:17 (2×)בֵּֽית־ · of; אֵֽל׃ · BethelThen 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 proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
- 2 Kings 23:19 (2×)בְּבֵֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · at BethelJust 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.
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 (2×)בֵּֽית־ · included; אֵ֖ל · BethelTheir 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.
- 2 Chronicles 13:19 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵל֙ · BethelAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
- Ezra 2:28 (2×)בֵֽית־ · of; אֵל֙ · Bethel…the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
- Nehemiah 7:32 (2×)בֵֽית־ · of; אֵל֙ · Bethel…the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
- Nehemiah 11:31 (2×)וּבֵֽית־; אֵ֖ל · and BethelThe descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- Jeremiah 48:13 (2×)מִבֵּ֥ית; אֵ֖ל · BethelThen Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
- Hosea 10:15 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֔ל · O BethelThus 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.
- Hosea 12:4 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵל֙ · at BethelYes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Amos 3:14 (2×)בֵּֽית־ · of; אֵ֔ל · BethelOn 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.
- Amos 4:4 (2×)בֵֽית־; אֵל֙ · to Bethel“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
- Amos 5:5 (4×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֔ל · Bethel; וּבֵֽית־; אֵ֖ל · and BethelDo 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.
- Amos 5:6 (2×)לְבֵֽית־; אֵֽל׃ · at BethelSeek 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.
- Amos 7:10 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֔ל · of BethelThen 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,
- Amos 7:13 (2×)וּבֵֽית־; אֵ֔ל · at BethelBut never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Zechariah 7:2 (2×)בֵּֽית־; אֵ֔ל · Now the people of BethelNow the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD