the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
"Bethel ..." Bethel is located at the modern Tell Beitin 12 miles north of Jerusalem on the high ridge road.  Abraham built an altar here; Jacob had his vision of the ladder here, and set up a pillar.  He returned to Bethel after the disaster at Shechem; Jeroboam set up pagan worship at Bethel; and the place figured prominently in the writing of the Minor Prophets.[25]