Maon, a city in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), home of Nabal and Abigail (1Sa.25.2).
Also known as Maon,Maonite
Maon was a city located in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), south of Hebron. It is best known as the hometown of Nabal, the wealthy but foolish man who refused to help David and his men (1Sa.25.2). Nabal's wife, Abigail, interceded on his behalf and provided food for David's men, preventing David from taking revenge on Nabal (1Sa.25.18-35). After Nabal's death, David married Abigail (1Sa.25.39-42). Maon is also mentioned as one of the places where David and his men sought refuge from King Saul (1Sa.23.24-25). The wilderness of Maon, located near the city, was one of the areas where David hid from Saul. Additionally, the Maonites are listed among the oppressors of Israel during the time of the judges (Judges 10:12).
Approximate location: 31.417, 35.117 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
Habitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave its name to the wilderness, the district round the conical hill on which the town stood. Here David hid from Saul, and here Nabal had his possessions and his home (1 Sam. 23:24, 25; 25:2). “Only some small foundations of hewn stone, a square enclosure, and several cisterns are now to be seen at Maon. Are they the remains of Nabal’s great establishment?” The hill is now called Tell M’ain.
MA'ON, one of the cities of Judah, in the mountains, Josh 15:55, and a district where David hid from Saul, and near which Nabal had possessions. 1 Sam 23:24-25. The name of Maon still exists in Main, a lofty conical hill 100 feet high, about 8 miles south from Hebron.
MA'ON, one of the cities of Judah, in the mountains, Josh 15:55, and a district where David hid from Saul, and near which Nabal had possessions. 1 Sam 23:24-25. The name of Maon still exists in Main, a lofty conical hill 100 feet high, about 8 miles south from Hebron.
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5 verses in 3 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H4584
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.
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