Bethel

Town

Location disputed Khirbet el Qaryatein: about 50 km (30 miles) south of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Khirbet el Qaryatein Possible
• Tell Umm Betin Less likely
• Khirbet et Tubeiqa Less likely
• Khirbet ar Ras Less likely
• Tel Kelekh Less likely

Bethel in the Bible Dictionary · Another Bethel (town · Genesis 12:8) · Another Bethel (town · Jeremiah 48:13)

Named in 1 Verse

• 1 Samuel 30:27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

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