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Beth-Aven

Holman Bible Dictionary

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(behth-ay' vuhn) Place name meaning, “house of deception” or “of idolatry.” 1. A city near Ai east of Bethel (Joshua 7:2 ). It formed a border of Benjamin (Joshua 18:12 ) and was west of Michmash (1 Samuel 13:5 ). Saul defeated the Philistines here after God used his son Jonathan to start the victory (1 Samuel 14:23 ). The exact location is not known. Suggestions include Burqa, south of Bethel; tell Maryam; and Ai. 2. Hosea used the term as a description of Beth-el. Instead of a house of God, Beth-el had become a house of deception and idolatry. Thus he commanded worshipers to refuse to go there (Hosea 4:15 ), to prepare for battle against an army marching from the south against Benjamin (Hosea 5:8 ), and to be afraid of the golden calves in the worship place of Beth-el, not because they represented the fearful presence of God but because they brought disaster on the nation (Hosea 10:5 ). All the worship places were Aven, deception and idolatry (Hosea 10:8 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Beth-Aven'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​b/beth-aven.html. 1991.
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