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Aram-maacah

Aram-maacah (Biblical Place • 33.200°N, 36.500°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 19:6 . It is closely linked with Maacah (Biblical Place • Aram-maacah • 33.200°N, 36.500°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 10:6 , 2 Sam 10:8 , 2 Sam 23:34 , 1 Chr 19:7 (identified with Aram-maacah).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Maacah (Generation 21 • Child of Nahor ): Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 22 , 2 Samuel 3 , 2 Samuel 10 ) Aram (Generation 12 • Child of Shem ): ( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 22 , Numbers 23 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Aram-maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 19:6 .) Maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 10:6 , 2 Sam 10:8 , 2 Sam 23:34 , 1 Chr 19:7 (identified with Aram-maacah ).) Maacath (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:13 (identified with Aram-maacah).) Aram (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 23:7 , 2 Sam 8:6 , 2 Sam 15:8 , 1 Chr 2:23 , Hos 12:12 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tel Dan Stele ( House of David Inscription ) — Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Chronicles 3:2 : "The third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur : the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:"; Matthew 1:4 : "And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon ;"; 1 Chronicles 7:34 : "And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram .".

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Aram-maacah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 19:6 .

Maacah
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Biblical Place • Aram-maacah • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 10:6 , 2 Sam 10:8 , 2 Sam 23:34 , 1 Chr 19:7 (identified with Aram-maacah ).

Maacath
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Biblical Place • Aram-maacah • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:13 (identified with Aram-maacah ).

Maacah
99% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 )

Aram
99% Gen 12
Generation 12 • Child of Shem

( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 )

Aram
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Biblical Place • 34.850°N, 39.120°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 23:7 , 2 Sam 8:6 , 2 Sam 15:8 , 1 Chr 2:23 , Hos 12:12 .

Beth-maacah
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Biblical Place • Abel-beth-maacah • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).

Aram-naharaim
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Biblical Place • 35.100°N, 42.000°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 .

Abel-beth-maacah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 15:20 , 2 Kgs 15:29 .

Aram-zobah
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Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 (identified with Damascus ).

Paddan-aram
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Biblical Place • Haran • 36.864°N, 39.032°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 25:20 , Gen 28:2 , Gen 28:5 , Gen 28:6 , Gen 28:7 , Gen 31:18 (identified with Haran ).

Beth-haram
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Biblical Place • 31.817°N, 35.583°E

~. Referenced in Josh 13:27 .

Map of Jacob's Travels in Canaan and Paddan-Aram
IMAGE • maps

Route of Jacob from Beersheba to Bethel , Haran , Peniel ( Jabbok River), and Shechem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Tel Dan Stele — 'House of David' (Bytdwd) Inscription
IMAGE • archaeology

Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty (' House of David ').

Aram-Damascus Stonecutters • Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
מַלְכוּ
malku (malḵû) [mal-KHOO]
H4437 Aramaic noun feminine 57x
kingdom, sovereign dominion, reign

Kingdom, empire, royal rule; the indestructible everlasting kingdom set up by the God of heaven breaking in pieces all human kingdoms (Daniel 2:44, 7:14).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to מַלְכוּת (H4438).
Abel
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Biblical Place • Abel-beth-maacah • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 , 2 Sam 20:18 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).

שָׁלְטָן
soltan (šoltān) [shol-TAWN]
H7985 Aramaic noun masculine 14x
dominion, sovereign rule, everlasting dominion

Dominion, sovereign imperial rule; applied to the everlasting, indestructible dominion given to the Son of Man (Daniel 7:14, 27).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to שָׁלְטָן (H7983).
Abel-maim
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Abel-beth-maacah • 33.269°N, 35.578°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 16:4 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).

Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • 2 Kings 8–9

Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

קַדִּישׁ
qaddis (qaddîš) [kad-DEESH]
H6922 Aramaic adjective 13x
holy, holy ones, saints

Holy; applied to the angels ('holy watcher', Daniel 4:13) and the redeemed saints who inherit the eternal kingdom ('the saints of the Most High', Daniel 7:18, 22).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to קָדוֹשׁ (H6918).

Scripture Passages (24)

The third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur : the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon ;

And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram .

And the children of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

The children of Shem ; Elam , and Asshur , and Arphaxad , and Lud , and Aram .

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram ,

And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur ;

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan –aram;

And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram ;

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Paddan –aram, and blessed him.

The sons of Manasseh ; Asriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead :

The sons of Shem ; Elam , and Asshur , and Arphaxad , and Lud , and Aram , and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech .

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba . And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah , and of Rehob , and Ish–tob, and Maacah , were by themselves in the field.

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah 's handmaid; Gad , and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob , which were born to him in Paddan –aram.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan –aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan –aram unto Laban , son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah , Jacob 's and Esau 's mother.

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem , which is in the land of Canaan , when he came from Paddan –aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David , Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia , and out of Syria –maacah, and out of Zobah .

Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram , which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Judah ,

Arise, go to Paddan –aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David , the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah , twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.

These be the sons of Leah , which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan –aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram , out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob , and come, defy Israel .

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