Maon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Maon
     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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Maon, house; place of sin