Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HOUSE OF GOD, a translation in the A.V. of the place Bethel. It is the place where the ark was, and not the ark, which is called "the house of God." See Bethel. Jud 20:18, Jud 20:26; John 21:2; cf. Jud 20:27.