Bible Location
Meaning: house; place of sin · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Maon was a town and adjacent wilderness in southern Judah near Carmel. It is important because David hid there from Saul and because Nabal's household was centered in that area. First appears in Josh 15:55.1
Place meaning
house; place of sin
Coordinates
31.42, 35.12
First appears
Josh 15:55
AI summary: Maon is one of the southern Judean places where David's fugitive years become vividly local. The wilderness near the town frames the pursuit scenes with Saul, while the nearby estate of Nabal ties the place to questions of provision, honor, and Abigail's intervention. That combination gives Maon a place in both danger and providential redirection. The cross references present Maon as a south-country town where pursuit, wealth, and David's restraint intersect.1
Place meaning
house; place of sin
Latitude
31.42
Longitude
35.12
Bible references
4
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.