Abel-Maim

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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]

2 Chronicles 16:4 1 Kings 15:20

Hitchcock's Bible Names [2]

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [3]

The mourning of the waters. ( 2 Chronicles 16:4 )

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]

ABEL-MAIM (‘meadow of waters’). An alternative name for Abel of Beth-maacah, found in 2 Chronicles 16:4 , which corresponds to 1 Kings 15:20 , quoted under that head.

R. A. S. Macalister.

People's Dictionary of the Bible [5]

Abel-Maim ( â'bel-may'im ), meadow of waters. 2 Chronicles 16:4 . Another name for Abel-beth-Maachab.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]

A'bel-ma'im. (Abel on the waters). Also called simply Abel, 2 Samuel 20:14  ; 2 Samuel 20:18 , another name for Abel-bethmaachah. 2 Chronicles 16:4 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

<translit> ā´bel </translit> - <translit> mā´im </translit> ( אבל מים , <translit> 'ābhēl mayim </translit> , "meadow of water"). See <a> ABEL-BETH-MAACAH </a> .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [8]

A´bel-Ma´im, the same as Abel 3.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. Abel Ma'yim, אָבַּל מִים , meadow of water; Sept. Ἀβελμαϊ v ν , Vulg. Abelmain), one of the cities of Naphtali captured by Bendahad ( 2 Chronicles 16:4 ); elsewhere ( 1 Kings 15:20 ) called ABEL-BETH- MAACHAH (See <a> ABEL-BETH-MAACHAH </a> ) (q.v.).

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