THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims

Notes on Prophecy of Osee (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))

4:15 Galgal: and Bethaven. Places where idols were worshipped. Bethel, which signifies the house of God, is called by the prophet, Bethaven, that is, the house of vanity, from Jeroboam's golden calf that was worshipped there.

Original Douay-Rheims from Project Gutenberg - Massive cleanup of OCR problems and editing done locally.