2 Chronicles 16:4

“Ben-hadad . . . sent the captains of his armies . . . and they smote . . . Abelmaim--"The meadow of waters," supposed to have been situated on the marshy plain near the uppermost lake of the Jordan. The other two towns were also in the northern district of Palestine. These unexpected hostilities of his Syrian ally interrupted Baasha's fortifications at Ramah, and his death, happening soon after, prevented his resuming them.”

“Abel-maim - or, “Abel-beth-maachah” 1 Kings 15:20. It was one of the towns most exposed to attack when an invader entered Israel from the north, and was taken from Pekah by Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 15:29. Store cities - See 1 Kings 9:19 note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“16:4 King Ben-hadad of Aram (16:2) broke his treaty with Baasha and attacked northern Israel, capturing all the land of Naphtali; this area included all of Galilee and nearly all of the country north of the Jezreel Valley and east of the Sea of Galilee. • Ijon was a large village in the southern Beqa‘ Valley, on the southern border of modern-day Lebanon. This town is usually listed with Dan (Laish), Abel-beth-maacah, and Hazor in northern Israel. Abel-beth-maacah was near a major waterfall of the Jordan River tributaries, at the juncture of the Hula Valley and the Beqa‘ Valley in Lebanon.”

“hearkened: Ti1 6:10; Pe2 2:15 his armies: Heb. armies which were his Ijon: Kg1 15:20 Dan: Gen 14:14; Jdg 18:28, Jdg 18:29, Jdg 20:1 Abelmaim: Abel-maim is called Abel-beth-maachah in Kg1 15:20, and elsewhere, on account of its belonging to the district of Beth-maachah. the store cities: Ch2 8:6, Ch2 17:12; Kg1 9:19 2 Chronicles 16:5”