(SEE 12:9)
Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the LORD.
and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.
Later that day, Joshua captured Makkedah and killed its king and everyone else in the town, just as he had done at Jericho.
(SEE 8:16)
The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the LORD helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel.
