BETHEL
Bethel
Bethel Ugaritic: bt il, meaning "House of El" or "House of God",, also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, or Beit El; ; ) was a border city described in the Hebrew Bible as being located between Benjamin and Ephraim. Eusebius of Caesarea and Jerome describe it in their time as a small village that lay 12 Roman miles north of Jerusalem, to the right or east of the road leading to Neapolis.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Bethel
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