1 Samuel 13:5

New King James Version

⁵Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, ^[a]thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people ^(A)as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of ^(B)Beth Aven.

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1 Samuel 13:5 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; Syr. and some mss. of LXX three thousand

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

1 Samuel 14:23

New King James Version

²³^(A)So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted ^(B)to Beth Aven.

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1 Samuel 14:23

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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

New King James Version

⁴So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people ^(A)as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

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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

New King James Version

¹²^(A)Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

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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

New King James Version

⁵The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the ^(A)calf^[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And ^[b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its ^(B)glory has departed from it.

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Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests

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

Hosea 5:8

New King James Version

⁸“Blow^(A) the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah!
^(B)Cry aloud at ^(C)Beth Aven,
‘Look behind you, 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

New King James Version

¹⁵“Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Let not Judah offend.
^(A)Do not come up to Gilgal,
Nor go up to ^(B)Beth^[a] Aven,
^(C)Nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’—

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Hosea 4:15 Lit. House of Idolatry or Wickedness

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

Jeremiah 15:8

New King James Version

⁸Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A plunderer at noonday;
I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them ^(A)suddenly.

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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

New King James Version

¹⁹^(A)Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would 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

New King James Version

⁹Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, ^(A)for You have made me king over a people like the ^(B)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

New King James Version

¹²Now the Midianites and Amalekites, ^(A)all the people of the East, were lying in the valley ^(B)as numerous as locusts; and their camels were ^[a]without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude.

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Judges 7:12 innumerable

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

New King James Version

²Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Joshua 7:2

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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

New King James Version

¹⁷blessing I will ^(A)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants ^(B)as the stars of the heaven ^(C)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and ^(D)your descendants shall possess the gate of their 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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