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| − | Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ijon, in the tribe of Naphtali. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a "mother in Israel", i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by Joab (2 Sam. 20:14), by Benhadad (1 Kings 15:20), and by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29) about B.C. 734. It is elsewhere called Abel-maim, meadow of the waters, (2 Chr. 16:4). Its site is occupied by the modern Abil or Abil-el-kamh, on a rising ground to the east of the brook Derdarah, which flows through the plain of Huleh into the Jordan, about 6 miles to the west-north-west of Dan. | + | [[Meadow (EBD)|Meadow]] of the house of [[Maachah (EBD)|Maachah]], a city in the north of [[Palestine (EBD)|Palestine]], in the neighbourhood of [[Dan (EBD)|Dan]] and [[Ijon (EBD)|Ijon]], in the [[Tribe (EBD)|tribe]] of [[Naphtali (EBD)|Naphtali]]. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a "mother in [[Israel (EBD)|Israel]]", i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by [[Joab (EBD)Joab]] (2 Sam. 20:14), by [[Ben-hadad (EBD)|Benhadad]] (1 Kings 15:20), and by [[Tiglath-pileser (EBD)|Tiglath-pileser]] (2 Kings 15:29) about B.C. 734. It is elsewhere called Abel-maim, meadow of the waters, (2 Chr. 16:4). Its site is occupied by the modern Abil or Abil-el-kamh, on a rising ground to the east of the brook Derdarah, which flows through the plain of Huleh into the [[Jordan (EBD)|Jordon]], about 6 miles to the west-north-west of [[Dan (EBD)|Dan]]. |
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Revision as of 16:09, 8 August 2008
Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ijon, in the tribe of Naphtali. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a "mother in Israel", i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by Joab (EBD)Joab (2 Sam. 20:14), by Benhadad (1 Kings 15:20), and by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29) about B.C. 734. It is elsewhere called Abel-maim, meadow of the waters, (2 Chr. 16:4). Its site is occupied by the modern Abil or Abil-el-kamh, on a rising ground to the east of the brook Derdarah, which flows through the plain of Huleh into the Jordon, about 6 miles to the west-north-west of Dan.
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