Abel-beth-maacah

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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Recorded scripture occurrences (2)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI1 15:20

OET-RV KI1 15:20

20 Ben -Hadad did what king Asa requested, and he sent the commanders of his best warriors to attack Israeli cities including Iyon, Dan, Avel -Beyt -Ma’akah, and all Kineret along with all Naftali (Naphtali) region.

OET-LV KI1 15:20

20 And_ Ben Hₐdad _he/it _listened to the_king ʼĀşāʼ and_he _sent DOM the _commanders _of the _armies which to_him/it on the _cities _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he _attacked DOM ˊIyyōn and_DOM Dān and_DOM Abel Bēyt Maˊₐkāh and_DOM all _of Kinneret with all _of the _land _of Naftālī.

Show passage in OET: KI2 15:29

OET-RV KI2 15:29

29 During the reign of King Pekah over Yisrael, Ashur’s (Assyria) King Tiglat -Pileser came, and he captured the cities of Iyon, Avel -Beyt-Ma’akah, Yanoah, Kedesh, and Hatsor, and the regions of Gilead, Galil, and Naftali (Naphtali), and he exiled their people to Ashur.

OET-LV KI2 15:29

29 In_the _days _of Peqaḩ the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) Tiglat pilʼeşer the _king _of ʼAshshūr he _came and_he/it _took DOM Ijon and_DOM Abel Bēyt Maacah and_DOM Yānōaḩ/(Janoah) and_DOM Qedesh and_DOM Ḩāʦōr and_DOM (the)_Gilˊād and_DOM (to)_the_Gālīl all _of the _land _of Naftālī and_he_took _them _into _exile to_ʼAshshūr.

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