Maon

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 1min
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1. City in the highlands of Judah, to the “wilderness” of which David and his men resorted when pursued by Saul (Josh. 15:5555Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, (Joshua 15:55); 1 Sam. 23:24-2524And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (1 Samuel 23:24‑25); 1 Sam. 25:22And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (1 Samuel 25:2)). Identified with ruins at Main, 31° 25' N, 35° 7' E. '
2. Son of Shammai, a descendant of Caleb (1 Chron. 2:4545And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (1 Chronicles 2:45)).