Bethel Mount (ISBE)

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(הר בּית־אל , har bēth -'ēl ; Βαιθήλ λοῦζα , Baithḗl loúza (1 Samuel 13:2 , the Revised Version (British and American) "the mount of Bethel"; Joshua 16:1 )): The hill which stretches from the North of the town to Tell ‛Aṣūr . The road to Shechem lies along the ridge. An army in possession of these heights easily commanded the route from north to south.