BETH-EL. 1. A city N. of Jerusalem. The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz, Josh. 18:13; Judg. 1:23-26. Abraham establishes an altar at, Gen. 12:8; 13:3,4. The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder, Gen. 28:10-22; 31:13; Hos. 12:4; and builds an altar at, Gen. 35:1-15. Deborah dies at, Gen. 35:8. Conquered by Joshua, Josh. 8:17, with chapter 12:16; by the house of Joseph, Judg. 1:22-26. Allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:13,22. Court of justice held at, by Deborah, Judg. 4:5; by Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:16. Tabernacle at, and called House of God, Judg. 20:18,31; 21:2. Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at, 1 Kin. 12:25-33; 2 Kin. 10:29. Idolatry at, Jer. 48:13; Amos 4:4. Shalmaneser sends a priest to, 2 Kin. 17:27,28. Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at, 1 Kin. 13:1-6,32; 2 Kin. 23:4,15-20; Amos 3:14. The group of prophets at, 2 Kin. 2:3. Children of, mock Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:23,24. People of, return from Babylon, Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32. Prophecies against, Amos 5:5. 2. A city in the S. of Judah, 1 Sam. 30:27. 3. A mountain, 1 Sam. 13:2.