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Abel-beth-maacah in the Bible.

Abel-beth-maacah is a city in the Bible, about 167 km (104 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 6 verses, from 2 Samuel 20:14 to 2 Chronicles 16:4.

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What happened at Abel-beth-maacah.

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Abel-beth-maacah.

Naphtali 3Asa 2Ben-hadad 2Joab 2Pekah 1

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All 6 verses that name Abel-beth-maacah.

2 Samuel 3

  • 2 Samuel 20:14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
  • 2 Samuel 20:15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
  • 2 Samuel 20:18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

1 Kings 1

  • 1 Kings 15:20So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

2 Kings 1

  • 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

2 Chronicles 1

  • 2 Chronicles 16:4And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

Questions about Abel-beth-maacah.

Where is Abel-beth-maacah in the Bible?

Abel-beth-maacah is a city about 167 km (104 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Abel-beth-maacah named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Abel-beth-maacah in 6 verses, in 4 books, from 2 Samuel 20:14 to 2 Chronicles 16:4.

Which people are named with Abel-beth-maacah in the Bible?

The verses that name Abel-beth-maacah also name Naphtali, Asa, Ben-hadad, Joab and Pekah.

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