Type: place
It is an area next to the city of Ai.
Josh 7:2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
It was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
Josh 18:12Their northern boundary began at the Jordan, went up to the north of Jericho, crossed westward through the hill country, and continued on to the wilderness of Beth-aven.
During the time of King Saul, a great battle was fought and won here.
1 Sam 13:5The Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, with thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and encamped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
1 Sam 14:23So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.
Hosea the prophet recorded God's rebuke for the idolatry that occurred here.