MAON

A town in the edge of the hill-country of Judah, Jos 15:55, near which Nabal lived and David took refuge from Saul, 1Sa 23:24- 25; 25:2. Dr Robinson finds it the ruinous place called Main, seven miles south by east from Hebron.

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Maon. Maon
Habitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave its name to the wilderness, the district round the conical hill on which the town stood. Here David hid from Saul, and here Nabal had his possessions and his home (1 Sam. 23:24, 25; 25:2). “Only some small foundations of hewn stone, a square enclosure, and several cisterns are now to be seen at Maon. Are they the remains of Nabal’s great establishment?” The hill is now called Tell M’ain.

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Maon. house; place of sin

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MAON. → A city allotted to the tribe of Judah Jos 15:55 → The place where Nabal lived 1Sa 25:2 → David (with his insurgents) encamps near 1Sa 23:24,25 → Uzziah engages in war against the people of (called Mehunims) 2Ch 26:7