Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Unto Abel - This is supposed to have been the capital of the district called Abilene in St. Luke' s Gospel, Luke 3:1.
Beth-maachah - Is supposed to have been in the northern part of the Holy Land, on the confines of Syria, and probably in the tribe of Naphtali.
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