bethaven

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bethaven - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Beth-aven
  house of nothingness; i.e., "of idols", a place in the mountains
  of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Josh. 7:2; 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5). In
  Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it stands for "Bethel" (q.v.), and it is so
  called because it was no longer the "house of God," but "the
  house of idols," referring to the calves there worshipped.