the men of Bethel ¹  and Ai: 223;

the men of Bethel ¹  and Ai, 123;

Do not seek Bethel! ¹  Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down ²  to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal ³  will certainly be carried into exile; ⁴  and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.” ⁵ 

Now there is ¹  in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate ²  a pool called Bethzatha ³  in Aramaic, ⁴  which has five covered walkways. ⁵ 

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). ¹ 

the king of Jericho ¹  (one), the king of Ai – located near Bethel – (one),

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; ¹  in all they had twelve cities and their towns. ² 

When the men ¹  of Joseph attacked ²  Bethel, ³  the Lord was with them.

David was going back and forth ¹  from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

He put one in Bethel ¹  and the other in Dan.

The men of Bethlehem ¹  and Netophah, 188;

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, ¹  the town of ²  Andrew and Peter.)

And he journeyed from place to place ¹  from the Negev as far as Bethel. ²  He returned ³  to the place where he had pitched his tent ⁴  at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

So the two of them ¹  journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. ² When they entered ³  Bethlehem, ⁴  the whole village was excited about their arrival. ⁵  The women of the village said, ⁶  “Can this be Naomi?” ⁷ 

The high places of the “House ¹  of Wickedness” ²  will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

He called that place Bethel, ¹  although the former name of the town was Luz.

Jacob named the place ¹  where God spoke with him Bethel. ² 

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹  and Ai.

The southern border ¹  extended from Bethel to Luz, ²  and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.