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Metheg-ammah is a city in the Bible, about 38 km (23 miles) west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, 2 Samuel 8:1.
Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath (1 Chr. 18:1).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Metheg-ammah is a city about 38 km (23 miles) west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Metheg-ammah in 1 verse, in 1 book.