Beth-aven
(house of nothingness, i.e. of idols), a place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel, Jos 7:2; 18:12 and lying between that place and Michmash. 1Sa 13:5; 14:28 In Ho 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 the name is transferred to the neighboring Bethel, --once the "house of God" but then the house of idols of "naught."
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