SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Bethel 1

location debated

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Βήθηλά Bethela, Βήθηγά Bethega Greek

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Shechem Shechem Samaria Samaria Michmash Michmash Jericho Jericho Gilgal Gilgal Gibeah Gibeah Dan Dan Ai Ai +2 Bethel Bethel +2 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city site known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH AI 1 · JERICHO 1 · LUZ 1 · GILGAL 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

2 OTHER PLACES CALLED BETHEL

55 PASSAGES · 12 BOOKS

Genesis 8
Joshua 9
Judges 8
1 Samuel 3
1 Kings 8
2 Kings 7
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 2
Hosea 2
Amos 5

COORDINATES 31.9228, 35.2414

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