From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.
Nehemiah 11:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Benjamin’s descendants: from Geba, , Michmash, Aija, and Bethel and its surrounding villages, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.
and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Zanoah and Adullam with their settlements; in Lachish with its fields and Azekah and its surrounding villages. So they settled from Beer-sheba to Hinnom Valley.
from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.
Assyria has come to Aiath and has gone through Migron, storing their equipment at Michmash.
From there the border went towards Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba #– #twelve cities, with their settlements;
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site and waited between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But he spent that night with the troops.
and Samuel asked, ‘What have you done? ’ Saul answered, ‘When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
He chose three thousand men from Israel for himself: two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in Bethel’s hill country, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops away, each to his own tent.