And he removed from (h) thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an (i) altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
(h) Because of the troubles that he had among that wicked people.
(i) And so served the true God, and renounced all idolatry.