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Keywords: Altar, Bethel, West, Tent, East
Description: Genesis 12:8
NET Translation: Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Tent, Bethel, Beginning
Description: Genesis 13:3
NET Translation: And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
DARBY Translation: And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;
KJV Translation: 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;
Keywords: Bethel, Luz
Description: Genesis 28:19
NET Translation: He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.
DARBY Translation: And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.
KJV Translation: And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
Keywords: Pillar, Bethel, Vow
Description: Genesis 31:13
NET Translation: I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”
DARBY Translation: I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, Bethel
Description: Genesis 35:1
NET Translation: Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
DARBY Translation: And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
KJV Translation: 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.
Verse Intro: God Blesses and Renames Jacob
Keywords: Altar
Description: Genesis 35:3
NET Translation: Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”
DARBY Translation: and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Genesis 35:6
NET Translation: Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
KJV Translation: So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
Keywords: El-Bethel
Description: Genesis 35:7
NET Translation: He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
DARBY Translation: And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Deborah
Description: Genesis 35:8
NET Translation: (Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)
DARBY Translation: And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
KJV Translation: But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Keywords: Bethel
Description: Genesis 35:15
NET Translation: Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.
KJV Translation: And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Keywords: Rachel, Ephrath
Description: Genesis 35:16
NET Translation: They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor—and her labor was hard.
DARBY Translation: And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
KJV Translation: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Verse Intro: The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
Keywords: Luz, Bethel, Blessed
Description: Genesis 48:3
NET Translation: Jacob said to Joseph, “The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
KJV Translation: And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Description: Joshua 7:2
NET Translation: Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
DARBY Translation: And 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 country. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
KJV Translation: And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, 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.
Description: Joshua 8:9
NET Translation: Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
DARBY Translation: And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Joshua 8:12
NET Translation: He took 5,000 men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
DARBY Translation: Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Joshua 8:17
NET Translation: No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
DARBY Translation: And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Joshua 12:9
NET Translation: the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai—located near Bethel—(one),
DARBY Translation: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
KJV Translation: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;
Description: Joshua 12:16
NET Translation: the king of Makkedah (one), the king of Bethel (one),
DARBY Translation: the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
KJV Translation: The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Description: Joshua 16:1
NET Translation: The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
DARBY Translation: And the lot came forth for the children of Joseph from the Jordan of Jericho as far as the waters of Jericho eastwards, to the wilderness which goes up from Jericho to the hill-country of Bethel.
KJV Translation: 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,
Verse Intro: The Inheritance for Ephraim and Manasseh
Description: Joshua 16:2
NET Translation: The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.
DARBY Translation: And [the border] went from Bethel to Luz, and passed to the border of the Archites to Ataroth,
KJV Translation: And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Description: Joshua 18:13
NET Translation: It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.
DARBY Translation: and the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon.
KJV Translation: And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
Description: Joshua 18:22
NET Translation: Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
DARBY Translation: and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
KJV Translation: And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Description: Judges 1:22
NET Translation: When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.
DARBY Translation: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
KJV Translation: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.
Description: Judges 1:23
NET Translation: When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),
DARBY Translation: And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.
KJV Translation: And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)
Description: Judges 4:5
NET Translation: She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.
DARBY Translation: 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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Judges 20:18
NET Translation: The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God, “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.
KJV Translation: 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.
Verse Intro: Benjamin Defeated; 600 Men Left of Tribe
Description: Judges 20:26
NET Translation: So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Judges 20:31
NET Translation: The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city, and began to smite of the people, slaying as at the former times, in the highways, of which one leads to Bethel and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Judges 21:2
NET Translation: So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
DARBY Translation: And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
KJV Translation: And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Description: Judges 21:19
NET Translation: However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”
DARBY Translation: And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, toward the sun-rising of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Ear, Israel
Description: 1 Samuel 7:16
NET Translation: Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all these places.
DARBY Translation: And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.
KJV Translation: And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
Keywords: Bottle, God, Halt, Meet
Description: 1 Samuel 10:3
NET Translation: “As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.
KJV Translation: 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:
Keywords: Jonathan, Man, Rest, Saul
Description: 1 Samuel 13:2
NET Translation: Saul selected for himself 3,000 men from Israel. Of these 2,000 were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.
DARBY Translation: And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand 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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: 1 Samuel 30:27
NET Translation: The gift was for those in the following locations: for those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
DARBY Translation: to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,
KJV Translation: To [them] which [were] in Bethel, and to [them] which [were] in south Ramoth, and to [them] which [were] in Jattir,
Description: 1 Kings 12:29
NET Translation: He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.
DARBY Translation: And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
KJV Translation: And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
Description: 1 Kings 12:30
NET Translation: This caused Israel to sin; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.
DARBY Translation: And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.
KJV Translation: And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan.
Keywords: Feast, High Places, Jeroboam
Description: 1 Kings 12:32
NET Translation: Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
DARBY Translation: And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon 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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, Children, Feast
Description: 1 Kings 12:33
NET Translation: On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
DARBY Translation: And he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he made a feast for the children of Israel, and he offered upon the altar, burning incense.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, God, Jeroboam, Judah, Man
Description: 1 Kings 13:1
NET Translation: Just then a prophet arrived from Judah with the Lord’s message for Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
DARBY Translation: And behold, there came a man of God from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, to Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, Hand, Jeroboam, King, Man
Description: 1 Kings 13:4
NET Translation: When the king heard the prophet’s message that he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam took his hand from the altar and pointed it saying, “Seize him!” Then the hand that he had pointed at him stiffened up, and he could not pull it back.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not bring it back again to him.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: 1 Kings 13:10
NET Translation: So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
DARBY Translation: So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.
KJV Translation: So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
Keywords: God, Man, Prophet
Description: 1 Kings 13:11
NET Translation: Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told him everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day. And they told their father all the words that he had spoken to the king.
DARBY Translation: Now there dwelt a certain 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 that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, High Places, Houses
Description: 1 Kings 13:32
NET Translation: because the message that he announced as the Lord’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”
DARBY Translation: For the word that he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, shall certainly come to pass.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Build, Foundation, Joshua, Son
Description: 1 Kings 16:34
NET Translation: During Ahab’s reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
DARBY Translation: In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Elijah, Elisha, Pray, Soul
Description: 2 Kings 2:2
NET Translation: Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
DARBY Translation: And Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! So they went down to Bethel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Head, Master
Description: 2 Kings 2:3
NET Translation: Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”
DARBY Translation: And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Children
Description: 2 Kings 2:23
NET Translation: He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”
DARBY Translation: And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Israel, Jehu, Jeroboam, Son
Description: 2 Kings 10:29
NET Translation: However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.
DARBY Translation: Only, the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, from them Jehu departed not: [from] the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Ear, Fear, Samaria
Description: 2 Kings 17:28
NET Translation: So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Jerusalem, King, Temple
Description: 2 Kings 23:4
NET Translation: The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
DARBY Translation: And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, Israel, Jeroboam, Son
Description: 2 Kings 23:15
NET Translation: He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust, including the Asherah pole.
DARBY Translation: Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Altar, Man, Sepulchre
Description: 2 Kings 23:17
NET Translation: He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
DARBY Translation: Then he said, What tombstone is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: High Places, Houses, Israel, Josiah
Description: 2 Kings 23:19
NET Translation: Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord. He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.
DARBY Translation: 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 [Jehovah] to anger, Josiah removed, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: 1 Chronicles 7:28
NET Translation: Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns.
DARBY Translation: And their possession and dwelling-places were Bethel and its dependent villages, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its dependent villages, and Shechem and its dependent villages as far as to Gazah and its dependent villages.
KJV Translation: 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:
Keywords: Rain
Description: 2 Chronicles 13:19
NET Translation: Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.
DARBY Translation: And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Ezra 2:28
NET Translation: the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;
DARBY Translation: The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.
KJV Translation: The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Description: Nehemiah 7:32
NET Translation: the men of Bethel and Ai: 123;
DARBY Translation: The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
KJV Translation: The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Keywords: Benjamin, Children
Description: Nehemiah 11:31
NET Translation: Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,
KJV Translation: The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,
Keywords: Israel, Moab
Description: Jeremiah 48:13
NET Translation: The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.
DARBY Translation: And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
KJV Translation: And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Keywords: Israel, King, Morning
Description: Hosea 10:15
NET Translation: So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed.
DARBY Translation: So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
KJV Translation: So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Keywords: Power
Description: Hosea 12:4
NET Translation: He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!
DARBY Translation: Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
KJV Translation: 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;
Keywords: Altar, Israel
Description: Amos 3:14
NET Translation: “Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel’s altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
DARBY Translation: that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Amos 4:4
NET Translation: “Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day!
DARBY Translation: Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes every three days,
KJV Translation: Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
Keywords: Ass, Seek
Description: Amos 5:5
NET Translation: Do not seek Bethel. Do not visit Gilgal. Do not journey down to Beer Sheba. For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile, and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.”
DARBY Translation: And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
KJV Translation: But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Keywords: Fire, Seek
Description: Amos 5:6
NET Translation: Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
DARBY Translation: Seek Jehovah, 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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: Amaziah, Bear, Ear, Jeroboam, King, Priest
Description: Amos 7:10
NET Translation: Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.
DARBY Translation: 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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Amos 7:13
NET Translation: Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here.”
DARBY Translation: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
KJV Translation: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.
Keywords: God, Pray
Description: Zechariah 7:2
NET Translation: Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech and their companions to seek the Lord’s favo
DARBY Translation: when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,
KJV Translation: When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,