But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bethel.Galgal.Bersabee. The places where they worshipped their idols. (Challoner)
They had all been honoured by the patriarchs. Bersabee had belonged to Juda under Achab, 3 Kings xix. 3. But it was originally in the tribe of Simeon, and Jeroboam II recovered all that had been lost, 4 Kings xiv. 25. (Calmet)
Unprofitable. Hebrew leaven, "for vanity "(Haydock) Bet haven.
