Genesis 28:19
28:19 He called that place Bethel,
although the former name of the town was Luz.
Genesis 35:3
35:3 Let us go up at once
to Bethel. Then I will make
an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress
and has been with me wherever I went.”
Genesis 35:15-16
35:15 Jacob named the place
where God spoke with him Bethel.
35:16 They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor – and her labor was hard.
Joshua 8:17
8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;
they all went out after Israel.
They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
Joshua 18:22
18:22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Nehemiah 11:31
11:31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,