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Easton's Bible Dictionary
(no entry)
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
(no entry)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(oppression)
(1) The mother of Absalom; also called MAACHAH. ( 2
Samuel 3:3 )
(2) Maacah, or (in ( 1
Chronicles 19:6 , 19:7
) ) Maachah, a small kingdom in close proximity to Palestine which appears to
have lain outside Argob, ( Deuteronomy
3:14 ) and Bashun. ( Joshua
12:5 ) The Ammonite war was the only occasion on which the Maacathites came
into contact with Israel when their king assisted the Ammonites against Joab with
a force which he led himself. ( 2
Samuel 10:6 , 10:8
; 1
Chronicles 19:7 )
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ma'-a-ka (ma'akhah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Mocha;
Codex Alexandrinus Maacha):
A small Syrian kingdom adjoining that of Geshur on the western border of Bashan,
the inhabitants of which are called Maachathites (the Revised Version (British
and American) "Maacathites"), whose territory was taken by Jair (Deuteronomy 3:14
; Joshua 12:5). The border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and all Mt. Hermon
were given to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:11). The inhabitants of these
kingdoms, however, were not driven out by Israel (Joshua 13:13), and at a later
day the children of Ammon hired mercenaries from Maacah for their encounter with
David. The armies met near Medeba when the "Syrians" from Maacah found themselves
opposed to Joab. That famous captain completely routed them (2 Samuel 10:6 the
Septuagint has "Amalek"). In 1 Chronicles 19:6 it is called Aram-maacah, Syria-maachah
(the King James Version); and in 1 Chronicles 2:23 "Aram" appears instead of "Maacah."
It evidently lay between Geshur on the South and Hermon on the North, being probably
bounded by Jordan on the West, although no certain indication of boundaries is
now possible. They would thus be hemmed in by Israel, which accounts for 'Geshur
and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel" (Joshua 13:13). It is possible that
Abel-beth-maacah may have been a colony founded by men from Maacah.
W. Ewing
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