Maon
Maon, a city in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), home of Nabal and Abigail.
The name Maon means “house; place of sin”
PlaceOld Testament3 books5 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 15:55; referred to as Maon or Maonite (מָעוֹן).
Location
- Identified as
- Tel Main
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.409° N, 35.134° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- מָעוֹןMaon
Mentions
- Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- …and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.