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.
historical examples
it was ended at abel-beth-maachah, in the extreme north, by the death of sheba.
the rand-mcnally bible atlas jesse l. hurlbut
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