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According to Jewish tradition, Beit El also refers to the Temple and the Midrash teaches that the Temple Mount physically came to Beit El during Jacob's dream where he laid the Foundation Stone , which is identitifed as the stone which served as his pillow. 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 ( held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. 7:16). It was said to be a favourite place of worship. It was included in the . 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 the name of a town in the south of . Bet-El is also the name of a Portuguese rock band. They chose it because of its biblical meaning. SOURCES "Bethel", in M. G. Easton, ''The Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1894 |
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