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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Makaz
(end), a place, apparently a town, named once only— (1 Kings 4:9)—in the: specification of
the jurisdiction of Solomon a commissariat officer, Ben-Dekar. Makaz has not been discovered.
Makheloth
(place of assemblies), a place mentioned only in (Numbers 33:26) as that of a desert encampment
of the Israelites.
Makkedah
(place of shepherds), a place memorable in the annals of the conquest of Canaan as the scene
of the execution by Joshua of the five confederate kings, (Joshua 10:10-50) who had hidden
themselves in a cave at this place. (It was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the plains of Judah.
Conder identifies it with the modern el-Moghar, 25 miles northwest of Jerusalem, where are two
caves large enough to contain five men each. Schaff says that “one cave has, curiously enough,
five loculi rudely scooped in its side, and an enthusiast might contend that this was the very place
of sepulchre of the five kings.”-ED.)
Maktesh
(a mortar or deep hollow), a place evidently in Jerusalem, the inhabitants of which are denounced
by Zephaniah. (Zephaniah 1:11) Ewald conjectures that it was the Phoenician quarter” of the city.
Malchishua
(king of help), one of the sons of King Saul. (1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39)
Malchus
(king or kingdom), the name of the servant of the high priest whose right ear Peter cut off at
the time of the Saviour’s apprehension in the garden. (Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:17; Luke 22:49,51;
John 18:10)
Maleleel, Or Mahalaleel
the son of Cainan. (Genesis 5:12) marg.; Luke 3:37
Mallothi
(my fullness), a Kohathite, one of the fourteen sons of Heman the singer. (1 Chronicles 25:4,26)
Mallows
(Job 30:4)
Malluch
(counsellor).
•A Levite of the family of Merari, and ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 6:44)
•One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:29) and
•One of the descendants of Harim, (Ezra 10:32) who had married foreign wives.
•A priest or family of priests. (Nehemiah 10:4) and
•One of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:27)
•One of the families of priests who returned with Zerubbabel, (Nehemiah 12:2) probably the same
as No. 4.
Mamaias
apparently the same with Shemaiah in (Ezra 8:16)
Mammon
(riches) (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:9) a word which often occurs in the Chaldee Terguma of
Onkelos and later writers, and in the Syriac version, and which signifies “riches.” It is used in St.
Matthew as a personification of riches.
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