Beth-aven in the Bible
Meaning: the house of vanity; of iniquity of trouble
Exact Match
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel. And he spoke to them, saying, Go up and look over the country. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
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 their boundary was at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Thematic Bible
Aven » Beth-aven
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.
They will say to the mountains,
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Beth-aven » A place on the mountains of benjamin
The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and scout the land.” So the men went up and scouted Ai.
Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
So the Lord saved Israel that day.
The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,
The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,
don’t let Judah become guilty!
Do not go to Gilgal
or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,
and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!
the trumpet in Ramah;
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:
After you, Benjamin!
over the calf
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-aven
Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.