See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

BETHEL (Heb. " See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• GOD

God ")  , originally called Luz, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, on the N.W. border of the tribe of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin, 11 m . N. of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem and nearly 2900 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . From very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times it was a See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, a circumstance probably due primarily to a very extraordinary See also:

• GROUP

group of boulders and See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-outcrops See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• TOWN

town . See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham recognized its sanctity (Gen. xii . 8); See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob, in See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance, slept in the sacred enclosure and was granted a See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision (" Jacob's See also:

• LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder," Gen. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii) . For a while the See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

ark seems to have been deposited here (Judg. xx . 27), and it was a place for consulting the See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle (Judg. xx . 18) . At the See also:

• SECESSION

secession of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom under See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

jeroboam, See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel became a royal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence and a See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine (r See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xii . 29-31, See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos vii . 13), for which its position at the junction of See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main roads from N. to S. and E. to W. well fitted it . It was taken from Jeroboam by See also:

• ABIJAH (Heb. Abiyyah and Abiyyahu, "Yah is. father")

Abijah, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah (2 Chr. xiii .

19) . It seems to have continued to flourish down into the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian era; remains of its ecclesiastical buildings still exist . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• VILLAGE

village, which bears the name of Beitin, occupies about three or four acres, and has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 2000 .