Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Bethel’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Bethel’ occurs 57 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 12:8 And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.Genesis 12:8
Genesis 13:3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.Genesis 13:3
Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the stone and made a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and depart from this land, returning to the land of your nativity.’ ”Genesis 31:13
Genesis 35:1 About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”Genesis 35:1
Genesis 35:3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, so that we may make an altar there to God, who heeded me in the day of my tribulation, and who accompanied me on my journey.”Genesis 35:3
Genesis 35:6 And so, Jacob arrived at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, also named Bethel: he and all the people with him.Genesis 35:6
Genesis 35:8 About the same time, Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried at the base of Bethel, under an oak tree. And the name of that place was called, ‘Oak of Weeping.’Genesis 35:8
Number of the word / term Bethel in Genesis: 7
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 7:2 And when Joshua sent men from Jericho against Ai, which is beside Bethaven, toward the eastern region of the town of Bethel, he said to them, “Go up and explore the land.” And they fulfilled his instruction, and they explored Ai.Joshua 7:2
Joshua 8:9 And he sent them away, and they traveled to the place of the ambush, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, toward the western region of the city of Ai. But Joshua remained for that night in the midst of the people.Joshua 8:9
Joshua 8:12 Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.Joshua 8:12
Joshua 8:17 and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out,)Joshua 8:17
Joshua 12:9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;Joshua 12:9
Joshua 12:16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Joshua 12:16
Joshua 16:1 Similarly, the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan, opposite Jericho and its waters, to the east, to the wilderness that ascends from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel.Joshua 16:1
Joshua 16:2 And it goes out from Bethel to Luz. And it crosses the border of Archi to Ataroth.Joshua 16:2
Joshua 18:13 And it continues to the south beside Luz, which is Bethel. And it descends into Ataroth-addar, at the mountain which is to the south of lower Beth-horon.Joshua 18:13
Joshua 18:22 Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,Joshua 18:22
Number of the word / term Bethel in Joshua: 10
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Judges
Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.Judges 1:22
Judges 4:5 And she was sitting under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for every judgment.Judges 4:5
Judges 20:31 But the sons of Benjamin again burst forth boldly from the city. And since their enemies were fleeing, they pursued them a long way, so that they might wound or kill some of them, just as they had done on the first and second days. And they turned their backs along two paths, one bringing them toward Bethel, and the other toward Gibeah. And they struck down about thirty men.Judges 20:31
Judges 21:19 And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.”Judges 21:19
Number of the word / term Bethel in Judges: 4
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 7:16 And he went each year, traveling around to Bethel, and to Gilgal, and to Mizpah, and he judged Israel in the above-stated places.1 Samuel 7:16
1 Samuel 10:3 And when you will have departed from there, and will have traveled farther, and will have arrived at the oak of Tabor, in that place three men, who are going up to God at Bethel, will find you. One will be bringing three young goats, and another three loaves of bread, and another will be carrying a bottle of wine.1 Samuel 10:3
1 Samuel 13:2 And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.1 Samuel 13:2
1 Samuel 30:27 to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,1 Samuel 30:27
Number of the word / term Bethel in 1 Samuel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 12:29 And he stationed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.1 Kings 12:29
1 Kings 12:32 And he appointed a solemn day in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, in imitation of the solemnity that was celebrated in Judah. And ascending to the altar, he acted similarly in Bethel, so that he immolated to the calves, which he had made. And in Bethel, he appointed priests of the high places, which he had made.1 Kings 12:32
1 Kings 12:33 And he ascended to the altar, which he had raised up in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he had decided in his own heart. And he made a solemnity to the sons of Israel, and he ascended to the altar, so that he might burn incense.1 Kings 12:33
1 Kings 13:1 And behold, by the word of the Lord, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing over the altar, and burning incense.1 Kings 13:1
1 Kings 13:4 And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, he extended his hand from the altar, saying, “Apprehend him!” But his hand, which he had extended against him, withered. And he was unable to draw it back to himself.1 Kings 13:4
1 Kings 13:10 Then he departed by another way, and he did not return along the way that he had traveled to Bethel.1 Kings 13:10
1 Kings 13:11 Now a certain elderly prophet was living in Bethel. His sons went to him, and they described to him all the works which the man of God had accomplished on that day in Bethel. And they described to their father the words that he had spoken to the king.1 Kings 13:11
1 Kings 13:32 For certainly, the word will arrived, which he predicted by the word of the Lord, against the altar, which is in Bethel, and against all the shrines of the high places, which are in the cities of Samaria.”1 Kings 13:32
1 Kings 16:34 In his days, Hiel from Bethel built up Jericho. With Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it, and with Segub, his youngest son, he set up its gates, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Joshua, the son of Nun.1 Kings 16:34
Number of the word / term Bethel in 1 Kings: 9
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 2:2 And Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” And Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had descended to Bethel,2 Kings 2:2
2 Kings 2:3 the sons of the prophets, who were at Bethel, went out to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he responded: “I know it. Be silent.”2 Kings 2:3
2 Kings 2:23 Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!”2 Kings 2:23
2 Kings 10:29 Yet truly, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. Neither did he forsake the golden calves, which were in Bethel and Dan.2 Kings 10:29
2 Kings 17:28 And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.2 Kings 17:28
2 Kings 23:4 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.2 Kings 23:4
2 Kings 23:15 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.2 Kings 23:15
2 Kings 23:17 And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning the altar of Bethel.”2 Kings 23:17
2 Kings 23:19 Then too, all the shines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that he had done in Bethel.2 Kings 23:19
Number of the word / term Bethel in 2 Kings: 9
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 7:28 Now their possessions and habitations were: Bethel with her daughters, and toward the east, Naaran, and toward the western region, Gezer and her daughters, as well as Shechem with her daughters, as far as Ayyah with her daughters;1 Chronicles 7:28
Number of the word / term Bethel in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 13:19 Then Abijah pursued the fleeing Jeroboam. And he seized cities from him: Bethel and her daughters, and Jeshanah with her daughters, and also Ephron and her daughters.2 Chronicles 13:19
Number of the word / term Bethel in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.Ezra 2:28
Number of the word / term Bethel in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred twenty-three.Nehemiah 7:32
Nehemiah 11:31 But the sons of Benjamin lived from Geba, at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and in its daughter villages,Nehemiah 11:31
Number of the word / term Bethel in Nehemiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 48:13 And Moab will be confounded by Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was shamed by Bethel, in which they had faith.Jeremiah 48:13
Number of the word / term Bethel in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 10:15 So has Bethel done to you, before the face of your malicious wickedness.Hosea 10:15
Hosea 12:4 And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.Hosea 12:4
Number of the word / term Bethel in Hosea: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bethel’ in the book Amos
Amos 3:14 that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel, I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.Amos 3:14
Amos 4:4 Come to Bethel and behave impiously, to Gilgal and increase betrayals. And bring daybreak to your victims, your tithes in three days.Amos 4:4
Amos 5:5 But do not be willing to seek Bethel, and do not be willing to enter Gilgal, and you will not cross into Beer-sheba. For Gilgal will be led into captivity, and Bethel will be useless.Amos 5:5
Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord and live. Otherwise, the house of Joseph may be destroyed with fire, and it will devour, and there will be no one who can extinguish Bethel.Amos 5:6
Amos 7:10 And Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: “Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to withstand all his sermons.Amos 7:10
Amos 7:13 And in Bethel, do not prophesy any longer, because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.”Amos 7:13
Number of the word / term ‘Bethel’ in Amos: 6
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 57
