Dict: smith - BETHMAACHAH

smith:

BETHMAACHAH - B>@ - (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. (Comp. ( kjv@2Kings:15:29)