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Metheg-ammah

Place
Names
  • en Metheg-ammah
    bridle of bondage
  • en Gath · Also called
  • en Metheg Ammah · Also called
  • bg Метег-Ама
Location
Kind: City
Modern name: Tell es Safi
Certainty: Probable
31.693530, 34.843883 · Show on map
Mentioned in (1)
2 Sam 8:1

SDA Books (3)

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  • SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 2 2SDABC
    Francis Nichol-GCSDA · EN · 7 bibliographic references from the official index
  • SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 3 3SDABC
    Francis Nichol-GCSDA · EN · 5 bibliographic references from the official index
  • SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6 6SDABC
    Francis Nichol-GCSDA · EN · 1 bibliographic references from the official index
panorama of Tell es Safi
panorama of Tell es Safi · Ori~ · Attribution · Official source
Metheg-ammah Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath (1 Chr. 18:1).

Sources: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data (CC BY 4.0, a0a52ec) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, metheg-ammah_791)

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