Beth'el ('house of God'), now called Beitin, about 11 miles N. from Jerusalem, mentioned in Scripture as the scene of Jacob's dream. The old name of the place was Luz. Here Abraham pitched his tent; at a later date it was a resting-place of the ark, a royal residence, and a seat of idolatrous worship. It is a heap of ruins.
Beth'el
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 108
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