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Maon in the Bible.

Maon is a town in the Bible, about 42 km (26 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 3 verses, from Joshua 15:55 to 1 Samuel 25:2.

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What happened at Maon.

Habitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave its name to the wilderness, the district round the conical hill on which the town stood. Here David hid from Saul, and here Nabal had his possessions and his home (1 Sam. 23:24, 25; 25:2). “Only some small foundations of hewn stone, a square enclosure, and several cisterns are now to be seen at Maon. Are they the remains of Nabal’s great establishment?” The hill is now called Tell M’ain.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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All 3 verses that name Maon.

Joshua 1

Judges 1

  • Judges 10:12The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

1 Samuel 1

  • 1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Questions about Maon.

Where is Maon in the Bible?

Maon is a town about 42 km (26 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Maon named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Maon in 3 verses, in 3 books, from Joshua 15:55 to 1 Samuel 25:2.

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