Beth-ma'achah. (house of oppression). A place named only in 2 Samuel 20:14-15. In the absence of more information, we can only conclude that it is identical with Maachah or Aram-maachah, one of the petty Syrian kingdoms, in the north of Palestine. Compare 2 Kings 15:29.
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