Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

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." And the men went up and spied out Ai. Verse ConceptsAi, The CityLand, As A Divine GiftSpiesSpyingGradual Conquest Of The Land

On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven. Verse ConceptsDeserts, Specificborders

So the LORD saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven. Verse ConceptsGod Saves The Needy

Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives." Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryNot Swearing OathsFound GuiltyThe Great ProstituteInfidelity

Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we follow you, O Benjamin! Verse ConceptsHornsTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpets For Signalling

The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests-- those who rejoiced over it and over its glory-- for it has departed from them. Verse ConceptsCalvesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesGolden CalvesFear Of Other ThingsMourning In RegretNature Of IdolatryLosing Honour

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing." Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsExile In Prospectbeer

Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives." Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryNot Swearing OathsFound GuiltyThe Great ProstituteInfidelity

"Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfSacrifice, In OtShrinesFractions, One TenthTithesOnce A DayTwice A WeekContinuing In SinBringing In The Tithe

If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field. Verse ConceptsFurrowsUseless IdolsCairnsSacrificing Cattle

Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. Verse ConceptsHatredGod Hating PeopleUnlovingInterlopers In The Temple