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From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(nothingness). (1) An unidentified plain (Amos 1:5⁵I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord. (Amos 1:5)). (2) Beth-aven, or Bethel (Hos. 10:8⁸The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. (Hosea 10:8)). (3) Heliopolis or city of On (Ezek. 30:17¹⁷The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. (Ezekiel 30:17)).

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