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<p> <translit> ā´bel </translit> - <translit> beth </translit> - <translit> mā´a </translit> - <translit> ka </translit> ( <span> אבל בּית מעכה </span> , <i> <translit> 'ābhēl bēth ma‛ăkhāh </translit> </i> , "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The name appears in this form in <span> 1 Kings 15:20 </span> and <span> 2 Kings 15:29 </span> . [[In]] <span> 2 [[Samuel]] 20:15 </span> (Hebrew) it is Abel-beth-hammaacah (Maacah with the article). In <span> 2 Samuel 20:14 </span> it appears as Beth-maacah, and in <span> 2 Samuel 20:14 </span> and <span> 2 Samuel 20:18 </span> as Abel. </p> <p> In 2 [[Sam]] it is spoken of as the city, far to the north, where [[Joab]] besieged Sheba, the son of Bichri. In 2 Ki it is mentioned, along with [[Ijon]] and other places, as a city in [[Naphtali]] captured by Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria. The capture appears also in the records of Tiglath-pileser. In 1 Ki it is mentioned with Ijon and [[Dan]] and "all the land of Naphtali" as being smitten by [[Benhadad]] of [[Damascus]] in the time of Baasha. </p> <p> In the account in [[Chronicles]] parallel to this last ( <span> 2 Chronicles 16:4 </span> ) the cities mentioned are Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim. Abel-maim is either another name for Abel-beth-maacah, or the name of another place in the same vicinity. </p> <p> The prevailing identification of Abel-beth-maacah is with <i> Abil </i> , a few miles [[West]] of Dan, on a height overlooking the [[Jordan]] near its sources. The adjacent region is rich agriculturally, and the scenery and the water supply are especially fine. Abel-maim, "meadow of water," is not an inapt designation for it. </p> | |||
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Revision as of 16:27, 11 October 2021
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
<translit> ā´bel </translit> - <translit> beth </translit> - <translit> mā´a </translit> - <translit> ka </translit> ( אבל בּית מעכה , <translit> 'ābhēl bēth ma‛ăkhāh </translit> , "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The name appears in this form in 1 Kings 15:20 and 2 Kings 15:29 . In 2 Samuel 20:15 (Hebrew) it is Abel-beth-hammaacah (Maacah with the article). In 2 Samuel 20:14 it appears as Beth-maacah, and in 2 Samuel 20:14 and 2 Samuel 20:18 as Abel.
In 2 Sam it is spoken of as the city, far to the north, where Joab besieged Sheba, the son of Bichri. In 2 Ki it is mentioned, along with Ijon and other places, as a city in Naphtali captured by Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria. The capture appears also in the records of Tiglath-pileser. In 1 Ki it is mentioned with Ijon and Dan and "all the land of Naphtali" as being smitten by Benhadad of Damascus in the time of Baasha.
In the account in Chronicles parallel to this last ( 2 Chronicles 16:4 ) the cities mentioned are Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim. Abel-maim is either another name for Abel-beth-maacah, or the name of another place in the same vicinity.
The prevailing identification of Abel-beth-maacah is with Abil , a few miles West of Dan, on a height overlooking the Jordan near its sources. The adjacent region is rich agriculturally, and the scenery and the water supply are especially fine. Abel-maim, "meadow of water," is not an inapt designation for it.
