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Where were Gibeah, Ramah, and Beth Aven (Hosea 5:8)?

Hosea 5:8 New International Version (NIV)
8 “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,
    the horn in Ramah.
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[a];
    lead on, Benjamin.

Footnotes:
Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

Hosea 4:15 New International Version (NIV)
15 
“Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
    do not let Judah become guilty.
“Do not go to Gilgal;
    do not go up to Beth Aven.[a]
    And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’

Hosea 10:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 
The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.[a]
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.
Footnotes:
Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).




Hosea 5:8

ESV - 8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we follow you, O Benjamin!

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