Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Built
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Bible References
Built
Genesis 35:1
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
El-beth-el
Genesis 28:13
And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it, The LORD is peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiez'rites.
Ezekiel 48:35
Round about it was eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there.