ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh — H62

Definition

locative proper noun

Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

1. Abel Beth Maachah = "meadow of the house of Maachah"
2. city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

Usually translated as

Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah

Origin

from H58 and H1004 and H4601; meadow of Beth-Maakah

• Derived from ʼâbêl (H58)
• Derived from Bayith (H1004)
• Derived from Maʻăkâh (H4601)

Occurrences

ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1)

• 2 Samuel 20:15 — And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah (בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙), 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.
• 1 Kings 15:20 — So 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 (אָבֵ֣ל), and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
• 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah (אָבֵ֣ל), and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.