Beth-aven

Certainty

Widely agreed (91% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.923° N, 35.241° E

Beth-Aven

• בֵּית אָ֫וֶן·Beth-aven

1. Joshua 7:2
   Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
2. Joshua 18:12
   On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
3. 1 Samuel 13:5
   Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
4. 1 Samuel 14:23
   So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
5. Hosea 4:15
   Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
6. Hosea 5:8
   Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
7. Hosea 10:5
   The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.