Beth-aven (Joshua 7)
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Other places named Beth-aven: Beth-aven (Hosea 4).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Beth Aven, Wilderness of Beth Aven |
| Most likely | Tell Maryam (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.869° N, 35.268° E |
| Mentioned in | 4 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 7:2 |
Beth-aven (Joshua 7) is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tell Maryam (low confidence; 8 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Tell Maryam | low (22%) | 31.869° N, 35.268° E |
| Burqa | very low (8%) | 31.896° N, 35.254° E |
| Khirbet Nisieh | very low (5%) | 31.898° N, 35.229° E |
| Beitin | very low (3%) | 31.923° N, 35.241° E |
| another name for Upper Beth-horon | very low (3%) | 31.886° N, 35.114° E |
| El Q’ada | very low (2%) | 31.922° N, 35.229° E |
| Et Tell | very low (1%) | 31.917° N, 35.261° E |
| another name for Ai | very low (-7%) | 31.917° N, 35.261° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 18:12And 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 the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 13:5And 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 Beth–aven.Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 14:23So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.