He called the name of that place Beit-El, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
1 Samuel 7:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He went from year to year in circuit to Beit-El and Gilgal, and Mitzpah; and he judged Yisra'el in all those places. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and was judge for Israel in all those places. American Standard Version (1901) And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places. Common English Bible Each year he traveled between Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, serving as Israel’s judge in each of those locations. Catholic Public Domain Version And he went each year, traveling around to Bethel, and to Gilgal, and to Mizpah, and he judged Israel in the above-stated places. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath; and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places. |
He called the name of that place Beit-El, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
So Ya`akov came to Luz (that is, Beit-El), which is in the land of Kena`an, he and all the people who were with him.
*Listen to this, you Kohanim! Listen, house of Yisra'el, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mitzpah, and a net spread on Tavor.
but don't seek Beit-El, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Be'er-Sheva: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beit-El shall come to nothing.
The children of Yisra'el encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Yericho.
The LORD said to Yehoshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Chavvot-Ya'ir to this day, which are in the land of Gil`ad.
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Yisra'el eight years.
Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
Then said Shemu'el to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Shemu'el said, *Gather all Yisra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD.*