אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh

Hebrew · Strong's H62 · pronounced aw-bale' bayth ma-akaw' · used 12 times in 4 verses

Meaning

Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

In the King James Version: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,

Derivation: from H58 (אָבֵל) and H1004 (בַּיִת) and H4601 (מַעֲכָה); meadow of Beth-Maakah;

2 Samuel 20:14 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 Samuel 20:15 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,
1 Kings 15:20 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.
2 Kings 15:29 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.