Difference between revisions of "Abel-Beth-Maachah"
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69504" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69504" /> == | ||
<p> '''Abel-beth-Maachah.''' ('' | <p> '''Abel-beth-Maachah.''' (''Â'Bĕl-Bĕth-Mâ'A-Kah'' ), ''Meadow Of The House Of Oppression,'' 2 Kings 15:29, a town in the north of [[Palestine]] near Cæsarea-Philippi. It was at tacked by Joab, 2 Samuel 20:14-15 : by Ben-hadad, 1 Kings 15:20; and by Tiglath-Pileser, 2 Kings 15:29. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71122" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71122" /> == | ||
<p> '''A'bel-beth-ma'achah.''' ''( | <p> '''A'bel-beth-ma'achah.''' ''(Meadow Of The House Of Oppression).'' A town of some importance, 2 Samuel 20:15, in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell an early prey to the invading kings of Syria, 1 Kings 15:20, and Assyria. 2 Kings 15:29. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30209" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30209" /> == |
Latest revision as of 09:18, 13 October 2021
People's Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Abel-beth-Maachah. (Â'Bĕl-Bĕth-Mâ'A-Kah ), Meadow Of The House Of Oppression, 2 Kings 15:29, a town in the north of Palestine near Cæsarea-Philippi. It was at tacked by Joab, 2 Samuel 20:14-15 : by Ben-hadad, 1 Kings 15:20; and by Tiglath-Pileser, 2 Kings 15:29.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
A'bel-beth-ma'achah. (Meadow Of The House Of Oppression). A town of some importance, 2 Samuel 20:15, in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell an early prey to the invading kings of Syria, 1 Kings 15:20, and Assyria. 2 Kings 15:29.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
2 Samuel 20:19 2 Samuel 20:14 1 Kings 15:20 2 Kings 15:29 2 Chronicles 16:4
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [4]
We meet with this name, 2 Samuel 20:15. And as Abel means vanity, mourning, and emptiness; so Beth, an house: and therefore the whole taken together implies; vanity or mourning to the house of Maachah.