Beth-aven
A written article for Beth-aven is still to come. Below and alongside: where Beth-aven appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Beth-aven
Original word
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בֵּית אָוֶן beth-avenH1007
Where Beth-aven appears in Scripture
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲנָשִׁים מִֽירִיחוֹ הָעַי אֲשֶׁר עִם-בֵּית אָוֶן מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵֽית-אֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ וְרַגְּלוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְרַגְּלוּ אֶת-הָעָֽי׃
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
וַיְהִי לָהֶם הַגְּבוּל לִפְאַת צָפוֹנָה מִן-הַיַּרְדֵּן וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶל-כֶּתֶף יְרִיחוֹ מִצָּפוֹן וְעָלָה בָהָר יָמָּה (והיה) וְהָיוּ תֹּֽצְאֹתָיו מִדְבַּרָה בֵּית אָֽוֶן׃
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 Beth-aven.
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נֶֽאֶסְפוּ׀ לְהִלָּחֵם עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רֶכֶב וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים פָּֽרָשִׁים וְעָם כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל-שְׂפַֽת-הַיָּם לָרֹב וַֽיַּעֲלוּ וַיַּֽחֲנוּ בְמִכְמָשׂ קִדְמַת בֵּית אָֽוֶן׃
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 Beth-aven.
וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַמִּלְחָמָה עָֽבְרָה אֶת-בֵּית אָֽוֶן׃
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
אִם-זֹנֶה אַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל אַל-יֶאְשַׁם יְהוּדָה וְאַל-תָּבֹאוּ הַגִּלְגָּל וְאַֽל-תַּעֲלוּ בֵּית אָוֶן וְאַל-תִּשָּׁבְעוּ חַי-יְהוָֽה׃
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה הָרִיעוּ בֵּית אָוֶן אַחֲרֶיךָ בִּנְיָמִֽין׃
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
לְעֶגְלוֹת בֵּית אָוֶן יָגוּרוּ שְׁכַן שֹֽׁמְרוֹן כִּי-אָבַל עָלָיו עַמּוֹ וּכְמָרָיו עָלָיו יָגִילוּ עַל-כְּבוֹדוֹ כִּֽי-גָלָה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.