McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Makaz

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Makaz


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(Heb. Ma'kats, îָ÷ִåֹ , boundary; Septuag. ÌáêÝò v. r. Ìá÷õᾶò ), a place first named among those designating the district of Ben-Dekar, one of Solomon's purveyors (1Ki_4:9). The associated names, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan, would seem to indicate a locality in the tribe of Dan, perhaps in the plain east of Ekron.