Bethaven
Bethaven
(“house of nothingness or vanity”.) On the mountains of Benjamin, E. of Bethel (Jos 7:2; Jos 18:12), between it and Michmash 1Sa 13:5; 1Sa 14:23). Near it was the “wilderness,” i.e. pasture land of Bethaven (Jos 18:12.) In Hos 4:15; Hos 5:1; Hos 10:5 Bethel, “house of God,” is called Bethaven, “house of vanity”, because of Jeroboam’s golden calf.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Bethaven
BethAven (house of idols), a nickname for the town of Bethel, applied to it after it became the seat of the worship of the golden calves [BETHEL]. There was, however, a town of this name not far from Bethel eastward (Jos 7:2; 1Sa 13:5), the existence of which, perhaps, occasioned the transfer of the name to Bethel. There was also a desert of the same name (Jos 18:12).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Bethaven
[Beth-a’ven]
A place or ‘wilderness’ of Benjamin near Bethel. Jos 7:2; Jos 18:12; 1Sa 13:5; 1Sa 14:23; Hos 4:15; Hos 5:8; Hos 10:5. Though this is said to be on the east of Bethel, in Hosea it would appear to be a name given to Bethel itself as being no longer the ‘house of God,’ but the ‘house of vanity’ because of the idols there.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bethaven
Beth-a’ven. (house of nothingness, that is, of idols). A place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel, Jos 7:2; Jos 18:12, and lying between that place and Michmash. 1Sa 13:5; 1Sa 14:28.
In Hos 4:15; Hos 5:8; Hos 10:5, the name is transferred to the neighboring Bethel, — once the “house of God”, but then the “house of idols” or “naught”.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Bethaven
the same with Bethel. This city, upon the revolt of the ten tribes, belonged to the kingdom of Israel, and was therefore one of the cities in which Jeroboam set up his golden calves. Whence the prophet in derision calls it, Bethaven, the house of vanity or idols, Hos 4:15, instead of Bethel, the house of God, the name which Jacob formerly gave it, when he had the vision of the mysterious ladder, reaching from earth to heaven, Gen 28:19.