Hosea 4:15

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"Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, Yet don't let Judah offend; And don't come to Gilgal, Neither go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Gilgal, near Jericho in the Jordan Valley, was an early Israelite worship site but had become associated with corrupt religion. Beth-aven (“house of wickedness”) is Hosea’s derisive name for nearby Bethel, where Jeroboam’s calf shrine symbolized Israel’s idolatry.

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Hosea 4:15 mentions Beth-aven and Gilgal.