8 Later he moved from there to the mountainous region to the east of Bethʹel+ and pitched his tent with Bethʹel on the west and Aʹi+ on the east. Then he built an altar there to Jehovah+ and began to call on the name* of Jehovah.+
17 And there was not a man remaining in Aʹi and Bethʹel* that did not go out after Israel, so that they left the city wide open and went chasing after Israel.