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1 Samuel 13:5
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5 The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000[a] chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.

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  1. 13:5 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads 30,000.
Listen to 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 14:23, Joshua 11:4, Joshua 18:12, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 5:8, Hosea 4:15, Jeremiah 15:8, Isaiah 48:19, 2 Chronicles 1:9, Judges 7:12, Joshua 7:2, Genesis 22:17
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1 Samuel 13:5
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5 The 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. 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand
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1 Samuel 14:23
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23 So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth-aven.

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1 Samuel 14:23
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23 So on that day the Lord saved(A) Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.(B)

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1 Samuel 15
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Joshua 11:4
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4 All these kings came out to fight. Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore.

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Joshua 11:4
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4 They 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 10
Joshua 12
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Joshua 18:12
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12 The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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Joshua 18:12
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12 On 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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Joshua 17
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Hosea 10:5
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5 The people of Samaria tremble in fear
    for their calf idol at Beth-aven,[a]
    and they mourn for it.
Though its priests rejoice over it,
    its glory will be stripped away.[b]

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  1. 10:5a Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
  2. 10:5b Or will be taken away into exile.
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Hosea 10:5
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5 The 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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  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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Hosea 5:8
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8 “Sound the alarm in Gibeah!
    Blow the trumpet in Ramah!
Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven[a]!
    Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!

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  1. 5:8 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
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Hosea 5:8
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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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  1. Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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Hosea 4:15
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15 “Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,
    may Judah not be guilty of such things.
Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven,[a]
    and do not take oaths there in the Lord’s name.

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  1. 4:15 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
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Hosea 4:15
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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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  1. Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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Jeremiah 15:8
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8 There will be more widows
    than the grains of sand on the seashore.
At noontime I will bring a destroyer
    against the mothers of young men.
I will cause anguish and terror
    to come upon them suddenly.

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Jeremiah 15:8
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8 I 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
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19 Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—
    too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
    or for cutting off your family name.”

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Isaiah 48:19
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19 Your 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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Isaiah 47
Isaiah 49
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2 Chronicles 1:9
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9 O Lord God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!

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2 Chronicles 1:9
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9 Now, 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
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12 The armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels were like grains of sand on the seashore—too many to count!

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Judges 7:12
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12 The 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
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2 Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.

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Joshua 7:2
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2 Now 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
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17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[a] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

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  1. 22:17 Hebrew seed; also in 22:17b, 18.
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Genesis 22:17
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17 I 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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