Thematic Bible: A place on the mountains of benjamin
Thematic Bible
Beth-aven » A place on the mountains of benjamin
Now the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and troops in multitude, like sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
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.
On the north side their border began at the Jordan, then it went up the slope of Jericho on the north, and up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the Beth-aven wilderness.
Though you, Israel, play the prostitute [by worshiping idols],
Do not let Judah become guilty [of the same thing];
And do not go to Gilgal [where idols are worshiped],
Or go up to
Nor swear [oaths in idolatrous worship, saying],
“As the Lord lives!”
Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah [the lofty hills on Benjamin’s northern border].
Sound the alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you and coming after you [is the enemy], O Benjamin [be on guard]!”
The people of Samaria will fear and tremble
For the [idolatrous] calf of
Indeed, its people will mourn over it
And its idolatrous priests will cry out and wail over it,
Over its glory, because the glory [of their calf god] has departed from it.
Related Topics
- Ai, The City
- An Innumerable Number
- Armies, Against Israel
- Assembly
- Calves
- Cavalry
- Chariots
- Deserts, Specific
- Fear Of Other Things
- Figures Of Speech
- Found Guilty
- God Saves The Needy
- Golden Calves
- Gradual Conquest Of The Land