BETH-AVEN

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  • Name BETH-AVEN  
    _UID 5B89E7EABFDFF547B00218B674C60D3187EE 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Place name meaning, house of vanity. A city near Ai east of Bethel (Josh 7:2). It formed a border of Benjamin (Josh 18:12) and was west of Michmash (1 Sam 13:5). Saul defeated the Philistines here after God used his son Jonathan to start the victory (1 Sam 14:23). The exact location is not known. Suggestions include Burqa, south of Bethel; tell Maryam; and Ai.

      Hosea used the term as a description of Beth-el. Instead of a house of God, Beth-el had become a house of deception and idolatry. Thus he commanded worshipers to refuse to go there (Hos 4:15), to prepare for battle against an army marching from the south against Benjamin (Hos 5:8), and to be afraid of the golden calves in the worship place of Beth-el, not because they represented the fearful presence of God but because they brought disaster on the nation (Hos 10:5). All the worship places were Aven, deception and idolatry (Hos 10:8).

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      Josh 7:2 (2), Josh 18:12, 1 Sam 13:5, 1 Sam 14:23, Hos 4:15, Hos 5:8, Hos 10:5
    Person ID I3384  z-Bible Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2007