Difference between revisions of "Beth-Maachah"

== Fausset's [[Bible]] [[Dictionary]] == <p> 2 Samuel 20:14-15. (See MAACHAH; MAACAH.) </p> == Smith's Bible Dictionary == <p> Beth-ma'achah. (house of oppression). A place named only in 2 Samuel 20:14-15. In the absence of more information, we can only conclude that it is identical with [[Maachah]] or Aram-maachah, one of the petty [[Syrian]] kingdoms, in the north of Palestine. Compare 2 Kings 15:29. </p> == [[Cyclopedia]] of Biblical, [[Theological]] and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature == <p> (Heb. Beyth Maakah' [or הִמִּעֲכָה ] בֵּית מִעֲכָה, house of [the] Maachah; always with the prefix [[Abel]] or Abelah; Sept. Βαιθμάχα, or Βαιθμααχά v. r. Θαμααχά , etc.), a place named in 2 Samuel 20:14-15, and there occurring more as a definition of the position of ABEL than for itself; more fully called ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH (See [[Abel-Beth-Maachah]]) </p> <p> (q.v.) in 2 Kings 15:29. In the absence of more information, we can only conclude that it is identical with MAACHAH, or ARAM-MAACHAH, one of the petty Syrian kingdoms in the north of Palestine. (See [[Aram]]). </p>