Abel-beth-maacah

Identified as

Tel Abel Beth Maacah

Certainty

Likely (76% of scholarship)

Coordinates

33.258° N, 35.581° E

Abel (Place)· Abel-beth-maacah (Maachah)· Abel-maim

• אָבֵל·Abelmeans “a city; mourning”
• אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה·Abel-beth-maacah
• אַבֵל מַיִם·Abel-maimmeans “mourning of waters”

1. 2 Samuel 20:14אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה · Abel-beth-maacah
   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.
2. 2 Samuel 20:15אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה · Abel-beth-maacah
   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,
3. 2 Samuel 20:18אָבֵל · Abel
   Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
4. 1 Kings 15:20אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה · Abel-beth-maacah
   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.
5. 2 Kings 15:29אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה · Abel-beth-maacah
   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.
6. 2 Chronicles 16:4אַבֵל מַיִם · Abel-maim
   And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.