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.
Nehemiah 11:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The people of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, American Standard Version (1901) The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof, Common English Bible The people of Benjamin also lived from beyond Geba, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, Catholic Public Domain Version But the sons of Benjamin lived from Geba, at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and in its daughter villages, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof: |
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.
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they camped from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.
also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.
he has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage;
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.
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.
Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the people were slipping away from me and that you did not come within the days appointed and that the Philistines were mustering at Michmash,
Saul chose three thousand out of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home to their tents.