From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord.
1 Samuel 30:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For those in Bethel, Ramoth of the Negeb, Jattir, American Standard Version (1901) to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir, Common English Bible It went to those in Bethel, Ramoth of the arid southern plain, Jattir, Catholic Public Domain Version to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether, |
From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord.
He called that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;
then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
together with all the villages all around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families.
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night with the people.