Bethaven
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Bethaven

(house of nothingness , i.e. of idols), a place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel, (Joshua 7:2; 18:12) and lying between that place and Michmash. (1 Samuel 13:5; 14:28) In (Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5) the name is transferred to the neighboring Bethel, --once the "house of God" but then the house of idols of "naught."

Easton's Bible Dictionary
House of nothingness; i.e., "of idols", a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Joshua 7:2; 18:12; 1 Samuel 13:5). In Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it stands for "Bethel" (q.v.), and it is so called because it was no longer the "house of God," but "the house of idols," referring to the calves there worshipped.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BETH-AVEN

beth-a'-ven (beth 'awen; Baithon, Baithaun): A place on the northern boundary of the territory of Benjamin (Joshua 18:12) East of Bethel, near Ai (Joshua 7:2), West of Michmash (1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 14:23). Beth-aven, "house of vanity," i.e. "idolatry," may possibly represent an original beth-'on, "house of wealth." Wilson (PEFS, 1869, 126) suggests Khirbet An, West of Michmash. The name is used in mockery for Bethel by Hosea (4:15; 10:5, 8, etc.; compare Amos 5:5).

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"If So be that the Spirit of God Dwell in You. Now if any Man have ...
... All unclean affections, all beastly lusts, all earthly desires, all vain cogitations
get lodging in this house; the Bethel is become a Bethaven, the house of ...
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Whether There Can be any Suitable Cause for the Sacraments of the ...
... and this was, perhaps, because they worshipped heifers after the custom of Egypt,
according to Osee 10:5: "(They) have worshipped the kine of Bethaven." And in ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there can be any 2.htm

The Death and the Raising of Lazarus - the Question of Miracles ...
... Most modern writers identify it with the Ephraim, or Ephron, of 2 Chronicles
13:19, in the neighbourhood of Bethel, and near the wilderness of Bethaven. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxi the death and.htm

Thesaurus
Bethaven (6 Occurrences)
... The name is used in mockery for Bethel by Hosea (4:15; 10:5, 8, etc.; compare
Amos 5:5). Multi-Version Concordance Bethaven (6 Occurrences). ...
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Beth-aven (6 Occurrences)
Beth-aven. Bethaven, Beth-aven. Beth-a'ven . Easton's Bible Dictionary ... (ASV
BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS). Bethaven, Beth-aven. Beth-a'ven . Reference Bible
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Viewed (9 Occurrences)
... Joshua 7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on
the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. ...
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Bethasmoth

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Benjamin (167 Occurrences)
... The northern frontier started from the Jordan over against Jericho, and ran to the
north of that town up through the mountain westward past Bethaven, taking in ...
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Saul (371 Occurrences)
... increased to 10,000, perceiving the confusion, pursued the army of the Philistines,
and the tide of battle rolled on as far as to Bethaven, halfway between ...
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Goings (42 Occurrences)
... went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains
westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. ...
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Mountains (221 Occurrences)
... went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains
westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. ...
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Pitched (101 Occurrences)
... and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in
multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. ...
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Bethaven (6 Occurrences)

Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
(KJV)

Joshua 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
(KJV)

1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
(KJV)

1 Samuel 14:23
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
(KJV)

Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
(KJV)

Hosea 5:8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
(KJV)

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Beth-aven (6 Occurrences)

Viewed (9 Occurrences)

Bethasmoth

Benjamin (167 Occurrences)

Saul (371 Occurrences)

Goings (42 Occurrences)

Mountains (221 Occurrences)

Pitched (101 Occurrences)

View (86 Occurrences)

Harlot (87 Occurrences)

Bethasmoth
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