Maon
A written article for Maon is still to come. Below and alongside: where Maon appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Maon
Original word
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מָעוֹן maon, maonitesH4584
Where Maon appears in Scripture
וְצִֽידוֹנִים וַֽעֲמָלֵק וּמָעוֹן לָֽחֲצוּ אֶתְכֶם וַתִּצְעֲקוּ אֵלַי וָֽאוֹשִׁיעָה אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדָֽם׃
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
וַיָּקוּמוּ וַיֵּֽלְכוּ זִיפָה לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל וְדָוִד וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו בְּמִדְבַּר מָעוֹן בָּֽעֲרָבָה אֶל יְמִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן׃
And 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.
וַיֵּלֶךְ שָׁאוּל וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו לְבַקֵּשׁ וַיַּגִּדוּ לְדָוִד וַיֵּרֶד הַסֶּלַע וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּר מָעוֹן וַיִּשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵֽי-דָוִד מִדְבַּר מָעֽוֹן׃
Saul 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.
וְאִישׁ בְּמָעוֹן וּמַֽעֲשֵׂהוּ בַכַּרְמֶל וְהָאִישׁ גָּדוֹל מְאֹד וְלוֹ צֹאן שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת-אֲלָפִים וְאֶלֶף עִזִּים וַיְהִי בִּגְזֹז אֶת-צֹאנוֹ בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃
And 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.
וּבֶן-שַׁמַּי מָעוֹן וּמָעוֹן אֲבִי בֵֽית-צֽוּר׃
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.