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Bethel

Modern Beitin, West Bank (proposed)
Coordinates 31.9275, 35.2371 View modern location ↗
Eras The PatriarchsConquest and the JudgesThe Divided Kingdom

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderLand of Goshen — Eastern Nile Delta, EgyptLand of GoshenAi — Et-Tell, near Bethel (debated)AiNineveh — Mosul (Tell Kuyunjik), northern IraqNinevehShiloh — Khirbet Seilun, West BankHaran — Harran, southeastern TürkiyeHaranUr of the Chaldees — Tell el-Muqayyar, southern IraqUr of the ChaldeesBabylon — Hillah (Tell Babil), IraqBabylonGibeon — El-Jib, West BankJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaHebron — Hebron, West BankHebronDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehemBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)Bethel
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Where Jacob dreamed of the ladder reaching heaven and named the place "house of God." Later, Jeroboam set up one of the two golden calves here at the start of the northern kingdom — a recurring failure point in scripture.

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