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| − | [[Meadow | + | [[Text:EBD:Meadow|Meadow]] of the [[Text:EBD:House|house]] of [[Text:EBD:Maachah|Maachah]], a [[Text:EBD:City|city]] in the north of [[Text:EBD:Palestine|Palestine]], in the neighbourhood of [[Text:EBD:Dan|Dan]] and [[Text:EBD:Ijon|Ijon]], in the [[Text:EBD:Tribe|tribe]] of [[Text:EBD:Naphtali|Naphtali]]. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a "mother in [[Text:EBD:Israel|Israel]]", i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by [[Text:EBD:Joab|Joab]] (2 Sam. 20:14), by [[Text:EBD:Ben-hadad|Benhadad]] (1 Kings 15:20), and by [[Text:EBD:Tiglath-Pileser III.|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 [[Text:EBD:Plain|plain]] of Huleh into the [[Text:EBD:Jordan|Jordon]], about 6 miles to the west-north-west of [[Text:EBD:Dan|Dan]]. |
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 28 November 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 (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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