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Smith’s Bible Dictionary · 1884

Bethmaachah

(house of oppression), a place named only in (2 Samuel 20:14,15) In the absence of more information we can only conclude that it is identical with Maachah or Aram-maachah, one of the petty Syrian kingdoms in the north of Palestine. (Comp. (2 Kings 15:29)

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith, revised and edited by F. N. and M. A. Peloubet (1884). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: words our source left outside its paragraphs put back in them.