Bible Dictionaries
Abel-Beth-Maachah
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 Samuel 20:19 ). It was besieged by Joab (2 Samuel 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 Chronicles 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. Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Abel-Beth-Maachah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/abel-beth-maachah.html. 1897.