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Bethel in the Bible

Bethel — 'house of God' — is where Jacob dreams of a stairway and sets up a stone pillar. After the kingdom splits, Jeroboam installs one of his golden calves there, and Amos later denounces it as a royal sanctuary.

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Verses mentioning Bethel

69 occurrences across 61 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Nehemiah 7:32

    The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

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  2. Nehemiah 11:31

    The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages, from: or, of at: or, to

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  3. Jeremiah 48:13

    And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

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  4. Hosea 10:15

    So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. your: Heb. the evil of your evil

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  5. Hosea 12:4

    Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

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  6. Amos 3:14

    That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. visit: or, punish Israel for

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  7. Amos 4:4

    Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: three: Heb. three years of days

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  8. Amos 5:5

    But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

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  9. Amos 5:6

    Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

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  10. Amos 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

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  11. Amos 7:13

    But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. chapel: or, sanctuary king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom

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