Machbenah
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
A town of Judah, colonized by the family of Maachah (1 Chronicles 2:49). "Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheva the father of Machbenah."
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
1 Chronicles 2:49
Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
Son of (or town founded by) Sheva. 1 Chronicles 2:49 .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]
Mach'benah. (bond). Sheva, the father of Machbena, is named in the genealogical list of Judah as the offspring of Manchah, the concubine of Caleb ben-Hezron. 1 Chronicles 2:49.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. Makbena', מִכְבֵּנָא, something bound on, perh. a cloak; Sept. Μαχαβηνά v. r. Μαχαμηνά; Vulg. Maochbena), apparently a place in the tribe of Judah founded by (a person of that name, the son of) Sheva (1 Chronicles 2:49), and probably situated in the vicinity of Gibeah, in connection with which it is mentioned. It is thought to have been the same with CABBON (Joshua 15:40).
