Beit El
- Genesis 12:8
- Genesis 13:3
- Genesis 13:3
- Genesis 28:19
- Genesis 31:13
- Genesis 35:1
- Genesis 35:3
- Genesis 35:6
- Joshua 16:1
- I Samuel 13:2
- Amos 3:14
- Amos 7:10
- Ezra 2:28
- Nehemiah 7:32
- II Chronicles 13:19
- Genesis 35:15
- Joshua 8:9
- Joshua 8:12
- Joshua 12:9
- Joshua 12:16
- Joshua 18:13
- Judges 1:22
- Judges 20:18
- Judges 20:26
- Judges 20:31
- Judges 21:2
- I Samuel 7:16
- I Kings 13:1
- I Kings 13:10
- II Kings 2:2
- II Kings 2:3
- II Kings 2:23
- II Kings 10:29
- II Kings 23:4
- II Kings 23:17
- Hosea 10:15
- Hosea 12:5
- Nehemiah 7:32
- Joshua 7:2
- I Chronicles 7:28
- Joshua 8:17
- Joshua 18:22
- Amos 5:5
- Amos 7:13
- Nehemiah 11:31
- Judges 1:23
- Joshua 12:15
- I Kings 12:32
- I Kings 12:33
- I Samuel 7:15
- I Kings 13:4
- I Kings 13:11
- I Kings 13:32
- II Kings 17:28
- II Kings 23:15
- II Kings 23:19
- II Kings 2:22
- Genesis 35:8
- II Kings 23:16
- Judges 21:19
- Amos 5:6
- Joshua 10:15
- Joshua 16:2
- Zechariah 7:2
- Genesis 48:3
- I Kings 12:29
- Amos 4:5
- Genesis 35:16
Beit El, also called Luz, is a city on the border between the territories of Binyamin and Ephraim.
Identified with Hirbet Beit El, Bittin, by the eponymous Fourteenth Century Rabbi Ashtori HaParhi.
- Avraham built an altar to God at Beit El (Genesis 12, 8).
- Yaakov's dream about the ladder happened at Beit El, where he set up a pillar and made a vow (Genesis 28, 12-22; 31,13).
- Years later, when Yaakov returned to Beit El, he built an altar there (Genesis 35, 1-7).
- Devorah, Rivka's nursemaid, was buried in Beit El (Genesis 35, 8).
- At Beit El, God promised Yaakov descendants and the Land (Genesis 35, 11-16; Genesis 48, 3-4).
- The people of Beit El fought against Yehoshua (Joshua 8, 17).
- Men of the tribe of Yosef conquered Beit El (Judges 1, 22-25).
- The camp of Israel gathered at Beit El in a war against the tribe of Binyamin (Judges 20, 17 - 21, 2).
- Beit El was part of Shmuel's judging circuit (I Samuel 7, 16).
- Yerovam ben Nevat placed one of the golden calves at Beit El, which he set up as a place of worship and holiday sacrifices instead of Jerusalem (I Kings 12, 29-33).
- A Man of God prophesied about Yoshiahu at Beit El, from where a false prophet came and became the catalyst for the first prophet’s death (I Kings 13, 1-32).
- Aviya ben Rehavam conquered Beit El from Yerovam (II Chronicles 13, 19).
- Elisha accompanied Eliyahu in Beit El on Eliyahu’s final journey (II Kings 2, 2-3).
- Youths came out of Beit El and cursed Elisha (II Kings 2, 23).
- Yehu continued to worship the golden calf at Beit El (II Kings 10, 29).
- People of Beit El sought to banish the prophet Amos (Amos 7, 10-13).
- After the Assyrians settled foreigners in the areas from where the people of the Kingdom of Israel were displaced, the people sought to worship the Israelite God after fearsome encounters with lions. The Kohen who taught the people how to worship God resided in Beit El (II Kings 17, 28).
- Beit El was a landmark for the destruction of idolatry during the days of Yoshiahu (II Kings 23, 4-19).
- The returnees to Zion inhabited Beit El (Zachariah 7, 2; Ezra 2, 28; Nehemiah 7, 32; Nehemiah 11, 31).