•(1 Kings 19:13,19; 2 Kings 2:8,13,14) The sole garment of the prophet Elijah. It was probably of
sheepskin, such as is worn by the modern dervishes.
Maoch
(oppression) the father of Achish king of Gath, with whom David took refuge. (1 Samuel 27:2)
Maon
(habitation), one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the district of the mountains. (Joshua
15:55) Its interest for us lies in its connection with David. (1 Samuel 23:24,25) The name of Maon
still exists in Main, a lofty conical hill, south of and about seven miles distant from Hebron.
Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12)
elsewhere in the Authorized Version called Mehunim.
Mara
(sad, bitter), the name which Naomi adopted in the exclamation forced from her by the
recognition of her fellow citizens at Bethlehem. (Ruth 1:20)
Marah
(bitterness), a place which lay in the wilderness of Shur or Etham, three days journey distant,
(Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8) from the place at which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, and
where was a spring of bitter water, sweetened subsequently by the casting in of a tree which “the
Lord showed” to Moses. Howarah, distant 16 1/2 hours (47 miles) from Ayoun Mousa, the Israelites’
first encampment, has been by many identified with it, apparently because it is the bitterest water
in the neighborhood.
Maralah
(trembling) one of the land marks on the boundary of the tribe of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:11)
Maranatha
an Aramaic or Syriac expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the
Corinthians, ch. (1 Corinthians 16:22) signifying “our Lord cometh.”
Marble
The Hebrew shesh, the generic term for marble, may probably be taken to mean almost any
shining stone. The so-called marble of Solomon’s architectural works may thus have been limestone.
There can be no doubt that Herod both in the temple and elsewhere employed Parian or other
marble. The marble pillars and tesserae of various colors of the palace at Susa came doubtless from
Persia. (Esther 1:8)
Marcheshvan
[Month]
Marcus
the evangelist Mark. (Colossians 4:10); Phle 1:24; 1Pet 5:13 [Mark]
Mareshah, Or Mareshah
(crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low country. (Joshua 15:44) It was one of the
cities fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the northern kingdom. ( 2
Chronicles 11:8) Near it was fought the great battle between Asa and Zerah. (2 Chronicles 14:9-12)
It is mentioned once or twice in the history of the Maccabaean war of independence. 2 Macc. 12:35.
About 110 B.C. it was taken from the Idumaeans by John Hyrcanus. It was in ruins in the fourth
century, when Eusebius and Jerome describe it as in the second mile from Eleutheropolis.
frankie
(Frankie)
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