He called that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Joshua 16:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then it went from Bethel to Luz and passed on to Ataroth, the border of the Archites. American Standard Version (1901) and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth; Common English Bible It goes from Bethel to Luz and passes on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth. Catholic Public Domain Version And it goes out from Bethel to Luz. And it crosses the border of Archi to Ataroth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth: |
He called that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
When David came to the summit, where God was worshiped, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and earth on his head.
So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns;
From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the slope of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.