OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 5:8

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“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!

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Verse 8. Back. Bethel lay northwest of Benjamin. The two tribes would hear the distress of Israel, that they might beware and avoid the like misconduct. Calmet.—The captivity is here described. Worthington.

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