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  Bethel (Israel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bethel has been identified by some with the ruins surrounding the Palestinian village of Beitin and by others with the modern Israeli settlement of Beit El.
Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed(2 Kings 17:28, 29).
Bethel was also a town in the south of Judah (Josh.
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 Bethel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bethel (Israel) is a city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
A Bethel is the name given to the meeting place as well as the local group that meets in each city.
A Bethel is a local chapter of the Masonic girls' organization Job's Daughters International.
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 Bethel - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:16).
To Bethel came the man of God from Judah who pronounced doom against Jeroboam (1 Kings 13), and who, having been seduced from duty by an aged prophet in Bethel, was slain by a lion.
Bethel shared in the downfall of Samaria wrought by the Assyrians; and according to an old tradition, Shalmaneser possessed himself of the golden calf (compare Jeremiah 48:13).
www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T1447   (921 words)

  
 Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Bethel is bordered by Concord Township to the west, Upper Chichester to the east, Aston Township to the north and New Castle County, Delaware to the south.
Bethel Hamlet was settled at a very early date, and was probably composed of the first rudely constructed dwellings of the early immigrants who built them near each other for safety.
Bethel Township was incorporated from Concord Township in 1683.
www.twp.bethel.pa.us   (140 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bethel, New York
Bethel is a town located in Sullivan County, New York.
The Town of Bethel was established in 1809 from the Town of Lumberland.
The Town of Bethel was the actual location of the Woodstock festival in 1969.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bethel,_New_York   (669 words)

  
 Bethel (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighborhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by Ephraim.
It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1).
Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Josh.
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/bethel.html   (292 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bethel
In these passages the name of Bethel is used by anticipation, as it was given to the town by Jacob after his vision (Genesis 28:19).
When the Israelites entered the promised land, Bethel was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin, but it was taken and occupied by the Ephraimites (Judges 1:22-26).
The name "Bethel" is also read in Jos., xii, 16 and I K., xxx, 27; it is probably another name for Bethul (Joshua 19:4), a city of the tribe of Simeon, the site of which is uncertain.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02532d.htm   (459 words)

  
 City of Bethel --
With a population of almost 6,000 people, the City of Bethel is the main port of the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
Bethel serves as the regional hub for 56 surrounding Native villages.
Before long, Bethel was serving as a trading, transportation and distribution center for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which attracted Alaska Natives from surrounding villages.
www.cityofbethel.org   (141 words)

  
 Bethel Composite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Bethel Alaska is a city of about 5100 some 90 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, and 399 air miles west of Anchorage.
Bethel is the hub for 56 villages, providing the a base for YKHC (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.) who operates the regional hospital and the clinics in the villages.
Bethel is also fast becoming a jumping off place for summer sport fishing, camping, bird watching, and floating down one of the many wild rivers that drain into the Kuskokwim.
www.unicom-alaska.com /~adesousa/betcap.htm   (403 words)

  
 Faculty Biographies - Bethel University Graduate School
FAYE DAY is an associate professor at Bethel University, where she teaches an undergraduate course in middle level education, courses in the instruction leadership and Master of Arts in Teaching programs, and administrator as problem solver in the Doctor of Education program.
Faye holds a B.A. in Education and English Literature from Bethel College, an M.A. in Education from the University of Minnesota, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas.
Pettingell received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in measurement and statistics at the University of Minnesota.
gs.bethel.edu /doctorate/education/bios.html   (1973 words)

  
 Bethel College
Hindu culture has proved to be an important case study for one of Bethel’s core psychology courses.
Bethel College has a full slate of summer camps for 2006 devoted to sports, music, science and other learning.
Bethel is one of only four Kansas colleges, and one of three Mennonite-affiliated colleges, to make the top half of the 2006 Best Comprehensive Colleges-Midwest list, appearing the highest in both cases at #29.
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 bethel
Bethel is mentioned 72 times in the Old Testament and in ancient times it was important for both geographic and religious reasons.
Apparently Bethel was recaptured by the Canaanites early in the period, but it was later recaptured by the tribe of Ephraim who retained it from then on.
In Muslim tradition, Bethel is known as the "Assembly of the Prophets," the place where the prophet Mohammed stopped on his pilgrimage to Jersualem and led the biblical patriarchs Abraham, Jacob and Isaac in prayer.
www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/palestine/bethel.htm   (1828 words)

  
 Bethel Horizons
Bethel Horizons is located on over 550 acres bordering Governor Dodge State Park.
Bethel Horizons offers its programs to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or handicap.
The program of Bethel Horizons is open to all persons without discrimination because of race, sex, color, age, disability, or national origin.
www.bethel-madison.org /html/horizons/horizons.htm   (319 words)

  
 College of Arts & Sciences - Bethel University
Bethel awards academic scholarships based on a combination of unweighted high school rank, unweighted grade point average, ACT or SAT scores, and advanced classes.
Note: Students who were enrolled at Bethel before fall 2006 (continuing and readmitted students) will continue to receive scholarships under the policy in place when they first entered Bethel.
Eligibility:  National Merit Scholarship Finalists who list Bethel as their first-choice school and are not awarded another form of the National Merit Scholarship.
www.bethel.edu /finaid/cas/scholarships   (451 words)

  
 Bethel Home Page
He was typical of the more than seventy pastors to follow, a young man on his first assignment, who, after being given a “good start at Bethel” went on to a prominent position in the Virginia Conference.
Special events to celebrate the dedication of the memorial window in 1908, the gift of the portico in 1921, the education building in 1963, our parsonage in 1991, as well as our new brick sign and other memorial gifts honor the hard work of past and present members.
Bethel continues to grow with the planned building of a large multi-purpose building to give us needed additional space.
www.bethel-methodist.org   (343 words)

  
 Daily Bible Study - Bethel
Bethel is located about 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of Jerusalem, west of Jericho and the Jordan River.
The Ark Of The Covenant was kept at Bethel for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (Judges 20:26-28) (see also Levites).
Bethel was one of the seats of Samuel's circuit court of justice (1 Samuel 7:16) (see Samuel).
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 www.ilovealaska.com/   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Before long, Bethel was serving as a trading, transportation and distribution center for the region, which attracted Natives from surrounding villages.
Economy: Bethel serves as the regional center for 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
The Port of Bethel is the northern-most medium-draft port in the U.S. River travel is the primary means of local transportation in the summer, and it becomes a 150-mile ice road to surrounding villages in the winter.
www.ilovealaska.com /alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=31   (553 words)

  
 Bethel Seminary St. Paul
General information about Bethel Seminary, including a history of the institution and its doctrinal position.
Bethel Seminary has designed a program to identify, develop, and equip the next and also the current generation of professional and vocational Christian leaders.
Bethel University is a ministry of the churches of the Baptist General Conference.
seminary.bethel.edu /stpaul   (290 words)

  
 Bethel Elementary
This page was created by employees and volunteers from within the Bethel Local Schools (Bethel) for the sole purpose of providing an electronic communication media to the Bethel community and guests from around the world.
No part of the Bethel pages may be copied without consent of the Bethel Local Schools.
Information contained on the official Bethel pages is true and accurate to the best of our knowledge at time of publication.
www.bethel.k12.oh.us /ElemWeb/ElemWebHome.htm   (146 words)

  
 Bethel ITS Student Services Helpdesk
Since Bethel's Computing Lab computers require you to log in prior to use, you will need to use one of the designated computers in CC120, your own, a friend's, or a colleague's computer.
You are responsible for all usage of your Bethel Community Account, and you must read and abide by Bethel's Computing Acceptable Use Policy.
Bethel community members are expected to check their e-mail frequently.
helpdesk.its.bethel.edu /students/howto/getting_started.jsp   (909 words)

  
 Bethel Delaware -- Sussex County Online, Delaware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Welcome to history -- the entire town of Bethel, a quaint village of Victorian and Italianate architecture with a population of 199, is on the National Historic Register.
Bethel was founded in the late 1700s and incorporated in the 1880s.
The town, located on the north bank of the Broad Creek near Laurel, was a prosperous shipbuilding community in the 1800 and many of the homes were built by ship carpenters for sea captains of that period.
www.sussexcountyonline.com /towns/bethel.html   (152 words)

  
 Bethel College Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Bethel beats Huntington on Senior Night to finish the conference schedule 8-0.
Bethel takes care of Judson College and Trinity International to advance to the nationals in Minnesota.
Bethel finished second over the weekend at the Mount Vernon Nazarene Pizza Hut Invitational in Ohio.
www.bethelcollege.edu /sports/vball   (344 words)

  
 Bethel Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Situated in southwestern Connecticut, Bethel is 60 miles northeast of New York City and 50 miles southwest of Hartford.
Bethel is a part of the Danbury metro area and is located within Fairfield County.
Bethel is predominately a community of single-family homes with more than 90% being owner occupied.
www.bethel-realestate.com   (761 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - Town of Bethel - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Bethel, in Oxford County, one of the oldest villages in western Maine, was incorporated on June 10, 1796 from Sudbury Canada Plantation.  After setting off land to form part of Hanover (1843) and annexing some land from Hanover (1849), Bethel attained its current boundaries.
According to Isaacson, The last foray of Indians into Maine was made in August 1781 when a party from St. Francis, Quebec, attacked Bethel, plundering and holding two settlers captive until after the end of the Revolution.
The historic Middle Intervale Meetinghouse was built in 1816 by the Baptists and Methodists, with financial help from the town.  Altered several times in the 19th century and known as the Union Church and the Center Meetinghouse, it was used for town meetings for many years.
www.maine.gov /local/oxford/bethel   (176 words)

  
 BethelAK.Com - Information about Bethel Alaska including travel, forums, hotels, hunting
Bethel Alaska was first established by Yupik Eskimos who called the village "MAMTERILLERMIUT," meaning "Smokehouse People," named for the nearby fish smokehouse.
Bethel, one of the largest communities in western Alaska, lies within the 20 million-acre Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the largest wildlife refuge in the nation.
Bethel serves as an administrative and transportation hub for 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
www.bethelak.com   (664 words)

  
 Jehovah's Witnesses New York Bethel Tours, Canada Bethel Tours, Europe Bethel Tours
Bethel Tours, New York Bethel Tours, and other Watchtower branches from around the world, with fellow Jehovah's Witnesses, in the comfort of a charter bus, and under the loving guidance of an experienced tour guide.
Lasting friendships are sure to be made, and of course, an increased appreciation for Jehovah's Organization and the beauty of His creations.
For example, close to Toronto is Georgetown for the Canada Bethel Tours, then it's off to Niagara for the sights and thunderous sounds of the mighty Niagara Falls.
www.bethel-tours.com   (640 words)

  
 Bethel Church of San Jose
Bethel Church is made up of people from all walks of life.
Bethel Church exists because of Jesus and we seek to grow in His love, His wisdom, and His service.
In addition to our local ministries, we support missionaries and send Bethel teams to minister throughout the world.
www.bethel.org   (180 words)

  
 Bethel, Vermont, New England, USA
Dudley Chase, one of the grantees, while surveying the town with his associates, awoke one morning and told of having dreamed of the Biblical story in which Jacob slept in a field with only a stone for a pillow (Genesis 28:11-22).
Chase's associates were so impressed by the dream that they agreed to name their town the same.
When the Baptist Church was built in 1824 in the village of East Bethel (the area where Chase's group had been camped), stones from the site were gathered and incorporated into the foundation.
www.virtualvermont.com /towns/bethel.html   (317 words)

  
 Bethel Christian Life Center, West Lafayette, IN
Bethel Christian Life Center is a church that has an upward, inward and outward ministry.
Bethel has many ways in which you can be used to bring others into a wonderful relationship with the Lord Jesus.
Thank you for coming to Bethel, where you are only a 'guest' once, and a friend for always.
bethel-life.org   (190 words)

  
 Welcome to Bethel
It is a story of ‘tongues of fire’ resting on the apostles that is depicted in Bethel’s Pentecost Room.
Bethel’s next Healing Services are Sunday, June 4, at 8:50 and 10:15 am.
Bethel’s Circle of Love children from radiated areas of the Ukraine will arrive for six weeks of respite on Wednesday, June 14.
www.bethel-madison.org   (689 words)

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