1 Samuel 13:5

King James Version

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 Bethaven.

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1 Samuel 13:5

New International Version

⁵The Philistines assembled^(A) to fight Israel, with three thousand^[a] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand^(B) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,^(C) east of Beth Aven.^(D)

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand

1 Samuel 14:23

King James Version

²³So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

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1 Samuel 14:23

New International Version

²³So on that day the Lord saved^(A) Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.^(B)

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Joshua 11:4

King James Version

⁴And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

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Joshua 11:4

New International Version

⁴They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.^(A)

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Joshua 18:12

King James Version

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 Bethaven.

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Joshua 18:12

New International Version

¹²On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness^(A) of Beth Aven.^(B)

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Hosea 10:5

King James Version

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

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Hosea 10:5

New International Version

⁵The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol^(A) of Beth Aven.^[a]^(B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,^(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.^(D)

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Footnotes

Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

Hosea 5:8

King James Version

⁸Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

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Hosea 5:8

New International Version

⁸“Sound the trumpet^(A) in Gibeah,^(B)
the horn in Ramah.^(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven^[a];^(D)
lead on, Benjamin.

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Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

Hosea 4:15

King James Version

¹⁵Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

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Hosea 4:15

New International Version

¹⁵“Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;^(A)
do not go up to Beth Aven.^[a]^(B)
And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’^(C)

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Footnotes

Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

Jeremiah 15:8

King James Version

⁸Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

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Jeremiah 15:8

New International Version

⁸I will make their widows^(A) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer^(B)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.^(C)

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Isaiah 48:19

King James Version

¹⁹Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

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Isaiah 48:19

New International Version

¹⁹Your descendants^(A) would have been like the sand,^(B)
your children like its numberless grains;^(C)
their name would never be blotted out^(D)
nor destroyed from before me.”

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2 Chronicles 1:9

King James Version

⁹Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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2 Chronicles 1:9

New International Version

⁹Now, Lord God, let your promise^(A) to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.^(B)

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Judges 7:12

King James Version

¹²And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

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Judges 7:12

New International Version

¹²The Midianites, the Amalekites^(A) and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.^(B) Their camels^(C) could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.^(D)

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Joshua 7:2

King James Version

²And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

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Joshua 7:2

New International Version

²Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,^(A) which is near Beth Aven^(B) to the east of Bethel,^(C) and told them, “Go up and spy out^(D) the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Genesis 22:17

King James Version

¹⁷That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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Genesis 22:17

New International Version

¹⁷I will surely bless you^(A) and make your descendants^(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky^(C) and as the sand on the seashore.^(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,^(E)

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