Bethel

Bethel appears throughout the Bible as a special location for prayer. Abraham called out in God’s name in Bethel, and Bethel is named as the place where Jacob dreamed of angels going up and down a ladder. When the kingdom of Israel split, Jeroboam made two golden calves to deter the people of his kingdom from going to the Temple in Jerusalem. He placed one in Bethel at the southern border of his kingdom.