## It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle ##

This is being compared to a battle long ago.

## Shalman ##

A king who destroyed the city of Beth Arbel around 740 BC. His army murdered women and children in the attack.

## Beth Arbel ##

Likely a city of the tribe of Naphtali.

## So it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness ##

Bethel means "house of God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])