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For traditions of other such stones named ''Bethel'' and a god named ''Bethel'' see Bethel (god) . In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (. The city apparently escaped destruction by the Assyrians at the time of the fall of Samaria , but it was later occupied by Josiah of the remaining southern kingdom. Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed(2 Kings 17:28, 29). Bethel was also a town in the south of . SOURCES "Bethel", in M. G. Easton, ''The Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1894 |
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