Bible Atlas · Places

Bethaven

Town · today Beitin

Location likely About 16 km (10 miles, 90 furlongs) north of Jerusalem

Beth-aven in the Bible Dictionary · Another Bethaven (town · Joshua 7:2)

Named in 3 Verses

  • 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.
  • Hosea 5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
  • Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: 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.

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