Difference between revisions of "Abel-Beth-Maacah"

<p> ''''' ā´bel ''''' - ''''' beth ''''' - ''''' mā´a ''''' - ''''' ka ''''' ( אבל בּית מעכה , <i> ''''' 'ābhēl bēth ma‛ăkhāh ''''' </i> , "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The name appears in this form in &nbsp;1 Kings 15:20 and &nbsp; 2 Kings 15:29 . In &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:15 (Hebrew) it is Abel-beth-hammaacah (Maacah with the article). In &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:14 it appears as Beth-maacah, and in &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:14 and &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:18 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 (&nbsp;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. </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>

<p> ''''' ā´bel ''''' - ''''' beth ''''' - ''''' mā´a ''''' - ''''' ka ''''' ( אבל בּית מעכה , <i> ''''' 'ābhēl bēth ma‛ăkhāh ''''' </i> , "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The name appears in this form in &nbsp;1 Kings 15:20 and &nbsp; 2 Kings 15:29 . In &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:15 (Hebrew) it is Abel-beth-hammaacah (Maacah with the article). In &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:14 it appears as Beth-maacah, and in &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:14 and &nbsp; 2 Samuel 20:18 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 (&nbsp;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. </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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