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.

Recorded scripture occurrences (2)

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

Show passage in OET: SA2 20:14

OET-RV SA2 20:14

14 Meanwhile Sheva crossed through all the tribal regions of Yisrael (Israel) to Avel -Beyt-Ma’akah where all his relatives gathered together and agreed to back him.

OET-LV SA2 20:14

14 And_he _passed in_all the _tribes _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_ʼĀⱱēl and_Bēyt- maˊₐkāh and_all the_Berites and and_they _came also after_him.

Show passage in OET: SA2 20:15

OET-RV SA2 20:15

15 Yoav’s men arrived and Avel-Beyt-Ma’akah. They heaped a siege ramp up against the city, and also pounded the wall to try to make it collapse.

OET-LV SA2 20:15

15 And_they _came and_they _laid _siege on/upon/above_him/it in_of house _of maˊₐkāh and_they _poured _out a _mound against the_city and_it _stood by_rampart and_all the_people which was_with Yōʼāⱱ were_about _to _destroy to_make _fall the_wall.

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