Beth-maacah
Beth-maacah (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 ). It is closely linked with Abel-beth-maacah (Biblical Place • 33.269°N, 35.578°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 15:20 , 2 Kgs 15:29 .
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 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Beth-maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah ).) Abel-beth-maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 15:20 , 2 Kgs 15:29 .) 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 ).) Abel (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 20:14 , 2 Sam 20:15 , 2 Sam 20:18 (identified with Abel-beth-maacah).)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Samuel 10:6 : "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, ..."; 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:"; 2 Samuel 3:3 : "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 ;".