From there he moved to the mountain to the east of Beth-El and erected his tent (with Beth-El to the west and Ai to the east). There he built an altar to Adonai and called on the Name of Adonai.
Nehemiah 11:31 - Tree of Life Version The descendants of Benjamin dwelt in Geba, Michmas and Aijah, Bethel and its towns, 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 to the mountain to the east of Beth-El and erected his tent (with Beth-El to the west and Ai to the east). There he built an altar to Adonai and called on the Name of Adonai.
He called the name of that place Beth-El (though originally the city’s name was Luz).
in Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its towns. So they settled from Beersheba to the Hinnom valley.
and from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmavet, for the singers had built communities for themselves round about Jerusalem.
He has come to Aiath, and passed through Migron. At Michmas he deposited his supplies.
Then the border passed from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward. Next the border went down to Atroth-addar, near the mountain that lies to the south of Lower Beth-horon.
So Joshua sent them off, and they went to the ambush site, taking position between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
But Samuel asked, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you had not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmas,
Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmas and in the hill country of Beth-el, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the troops he sent away, each one to his tent.
Then the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmas.