Bethel

Sanctuary & Later High PlaceBiblical Theology

Bethel is the most theologically charged place-name in Genesis—Jacob's house of God, the ladder to heaven—and the most cautionary place-name in Kings, where Jeroboam's golden calf turned a sanctuary into a high place.

Primary verses · Gen 28:11–19; 1 Kgs 12:28–33

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Romantic painting of The Pilgrim's Dream, or Jacob's Ladder at Bethel, angels ascending and descending.

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