ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH

Abel-beth-maachah. Abel-beth-maachah
Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ijon, in the tribe of Naphtali. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a “mother in Israel”, i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by Joab (2 Sam. 20:14), by Benhadad (1 Kings 15:20), and by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29) about B.C. 734. It is elsewhere called Abel-maim, meadow of the waters, (2 Chr. 16:4). Its site is occupied by the modern Abil or Abil-el-kamh, on a rising ground to the east of the brook Derdarah, which flows through the plain of Huleh into the Jordan, about 6 miles to the west-north-west of Dan.

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Abel-beth-maachah. mourning to the house of Maachah

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ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH. → Also called ABEL-MAIM → (A city in the north of Palestine) → Sheba slain in 2Sa 20:14-22 → Taken by Benhadad 1Ki 15:20; 2Ch 16:4 → Taken by Tiglath 2Ki 15:29