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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- 13:5 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads 30,000.
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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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 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.
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]
Hosea 5:8
New Living Translation
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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- 5:8 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
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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- 4:15 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”
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.
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.”
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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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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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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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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Romans 9:27
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27 And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,
“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,
only a remnant will be saved.
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