Bethel, Mount
Bethel, Mount
( , har beth-‘el; , Baithel louza (1Sa 13:2, the Revised Version (British and American) the mount of Bethel; Jos 16:1)): The hill which stretches from the North of the town to Tell Asur. The road to Shechem lies along the ridge. An army in possession of these heights easily commanded the route from north to south.