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It is associated with the Aramean kingdom and is noted for its beauty and prosperity. The name reflects the region's reputation for being a place of luxury and delight.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br>Beth-eden is mentioned in the context of judgment and prophecy, particularly in the Book of Amos. The prophet Amos, who ministered during the 8th century BC, speaks of Beth-eden in his pronouncements against the nations surrounding Israel.<br><br>· <b><a href="/amos/1-5.htm">Amos 1:5</a> :</b> "I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the LORD."<br><br>In this passage, Beth-eden is mentioned alongside Damascus and the Valley of Aven, indicating its significance within the Aramean territories. The prophecy foretells the downfall of these regions as a consequence of their transgressions against God and His people.<br><br><b>Historical and Geographical Context:</b><br>Beth-eden is often identified with the region known as Bit-Adini, located along the Euphrates River. This area was part of the Aramean kingdom and was known for its fertile land and strategic importance. The Assyrian Empire eventually conquered Bit-Adini, leading to the exile of its inhabitants, as prophesied by Amos.<br><br>The mention of Beth-eden in the context of judgment highlights the broader theme of divine justice that runs throughout the prophetic books. The prosperity and delight associated with Beth-eden serve as a backdrop to the warnings of impending judgment due to the moral and spiritual failings of the people.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br>From a theological perspective, Beth-eden represents the transient nature of earthly pleasures and the ultimate sovereignty of God over all nations. The judgment pronounced upon Beth-eden serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commandments and the futility of relying on material wealth and power.<br><br>The prophecy against Beth-eden, like those against other nations, underscores the universal scope of God's justice. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the need for faithfulness to God's covenant. The fate of Beth-eden illustrates the biblical principle that true delight and security are found not in earthly possessions but in a right relationship with God.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BETH-EDEN</span><p>beth-e'-den (<a href="/amos/1-5.htm">Amos 1:5</a> King James Version, margin; English Versions of the Bible "house of Eden").<br><br>See <a href="../c/children.htm">CHILDREN OF EDEN</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1040.htm"><span class="l">1040. <b>Beth Eden</b> -- "house of pleasure," a place in Aram (Syria)</span></a><br><b>Beth Eden</b>. 1039, 1040. <b>Beth Eden</b>. 1041 . "house of pleasure," a place<br> in Aram (Syria). Transliteration: <b>Beth Eden</b> Phonetic Spelling <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1040.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/betheden.htm"><span class="l"><b>Betheden</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>BETH</b>-<b>EDEN</b>. beth-e'-den (Amos 1:5 King James Version,<br> margin; English Versions of the Bible "house of Eden"). See CHILDREN OF EDEN. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/betheden.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beth-eden.htm"><span class="l"><b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>. <b>Betheden</b>, <b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>. Beth-eked . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>...</b><br> (DBY JPS YLT NAS RSV). <b>Betheden</b>, <b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>. Beth-eked . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beth-eden.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eden.htm"><span class="l">Eden (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Some writers think the "<b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>" of Amos 1:5 the Revised Version, margin (the<br> American Standard Revised Version "Aven") is to be identified with the Bit <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eden.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/telassar.htm"><span class="l">Telassar (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> is mentioned with Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, in Western Mesopotamia, it has been<br> suggested that it lay in Bit Adini, "the House of Adinu," or <b>Betheden</b>, in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/telassar.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bikat-aven.htm"><span class="l">Bikat-aven (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Amos 1:5 And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from<br> Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from <b>Beth</b>-<b>Eden</b>, And removed have been the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bikat-aven.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beth-eked.htm"><span class="l">Beth-eked (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Beth-eked. <b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>, Beth-eked. Bethel . Multi-Version Concordance Beth-eked<br> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b> <b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>, Beth-eked. Bethel . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beth-eked.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beth-diblatha'im.htm"><span class="l">Beth-diblatha'im (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Beth-diblatha'im. Beth-diblathaim, Beth-diblatha'im. <b>Betheden</b> . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>...</b> Beth-diblathaim, Beth-diblatha'im. <b>Betheden</b> . Reference Bible <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beth-diblatha'im.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/children.htm"><span class="l">Children</span></a><br><b>...</b> Some writers think the "<b>Beth</b>-<b>eden</b>" of Amos 1:5 the Revised Version, margin (the<br> American Standard Revised Version "Aven") is to be identified with the Bit <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/children.htm - 62k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/holder.htm"><span class="l">Holder (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Amos 1:5 And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from<br> Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from <b>Beth</b>-<b>Eden</b>, And removed have been the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/holder.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bikathaven.htm"><span class="l">Bikathaven</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BIKATH-AVEN. bik-ath-a'-ven (biq`ath 'awen, "valley<br> of vanity" (Amos 1:5 King James Version, margin)). See AVEN; <b>BETH</b>-<b>EDEN</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bikathaven.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/garden-of-Eden-location.html">What is the location of the Garden of Eden? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/guard-east-Eden.html">Why did God have the cherubim guard just the east side of Eden (Genesis 3:24)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Gobekli-Tepe.html">Is G枚bekli Tepe where the Garden of Eden was located? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Beth-eden (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/1-5.htm">Amos 1:5</a></span><br />And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from <span class="boldtext">Beth-Eden</span>; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah. <br /><span class="source">(DBY JPS YLT NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/beth-eden.htm">Beth-Eden</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/water-hole.htm">Water-hole (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eked.htm">Eked (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beth-eden.htm">Beth-eden (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shearinghouse.htm">Shearinghouse</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shearing-house.htm">Shearing-house (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel (67 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beth.htm">Beth (115 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/betheden.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Betheden"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Betheden" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/beth-eked.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Beth-eked"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Beth-eked" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>