Bethel 1

Where it is

3 locations have been proposed, 3 km apart at the extremes. This atlas draws the first; the others are recorded here because the disagreement is real and is not ours to settle.

1. Beitin31.9228, 35.2414
2. Al Bira31.9051, 35.2150
3. Burj Beitin31.9219, 35.2455

Where Scripture names it

69 verses in 12 books.

Where this atlas draws it

11 pins across 11 chapters — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.

• Bethelmatched decided — Amos 3:14 — "On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground." Bethel is named and is the chapter's climactic target. Samaria appears earlier as the object of the summons (
• Bethel regionmatched by the verses it appears in