Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests calls Bethel “the king’s chapel.”
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CHAP'EL . The word occurs. Am 7:13, as a mistranslation for SANCTUARY, a place of worship. Bethel is called the king's sanctuary by one of the idol-priests, because there the king of Israel paid idolatrous worship to the golden calves. See Bethel.
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