Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
As the sand
General references
Bible References
As the sand
Genesis 22:17
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Joshua 11:4
They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
2 Chronicles 1:9
Now, O Lord God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Isaiah 48:19 “Your descendants would have been like the sand,
Andyour offspring like its grains;
Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”
And
Jeremiah 15:8 “Their widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
Adestroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.
Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;
Beth-aven
1 Samuel 14:23
So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.
Joshua 7:2
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
Joshua 18:12 Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Hosea 4:15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go toGilgal,
Or go up to Beth-aven
And take the oath:
“As the Lord lives!”
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go to
Or go up to Beth-aven
“As the Lord lives!”
Hosea 5:8 Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you, Benjamin!”
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
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Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For thecalf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And itsidolatrous priests will cry out over it,
Over itsglory, since it has departed from it.
For the
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its
Over its
General references
Genesis 41:49
Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
Deuteronomy 28:43 The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.