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Genesis 35:8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth. Genesis 35:15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
Map Jesus in Aenon. Jesus and his disciples leave Jerusalem after stirring up heated debate among the Bible scholars. John the Baptist stays behind and is arrested a short time later, and eventually beheaded.
Map of Israel in the Time of Jesus. Map of Israel in the Time of Jesus (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) Map of First Century Israel with Roads... Read More
18 cze 2013 · Here is a map showing the position of Bethel in the Holy Land. It is west and a little north of Jericho, the first city that the Israelites conquered when they entered the Holy Land ( Joshua 6 ). It is north of Jerusalem, which became the spiritual and political center of Israel.
Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:16). It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). In Jdg 1:22 ff it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare 1 Ch 7:28).
BETHEL bĕth’ əl (בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל; Βαιθήλ, and οἶκος θεοῦ, lit. house of God). 1. Location. A town on the great N-S watershed road of Pal. twelve m. N of Jerusalem designated as the modern village of Beitin. The Heb. name, Bethel, has been preserved in the Arab. “Beitin” by the normal shift of consonants.
An interactive map showing sites, archeological findings and articles about the biblical period. Bethel is a biblical city identified with the Arab village of Beitin in southwestern Samaria.
