אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה
a.vel bet-ma.a.khah
“Abel-beth-maachah”
Definition
Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
from H58 (אָבֵל) and H1004 (בַּיִת) and H4601 (מַעֲכָה); meadow of Beth-Maakah;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city.As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
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