In the bible, Maon is the name of the son of Shammai (1CH 2:45). Meaning of the name: house; place of sin. Related names are:
Ziph,
Carmel,
David (and others ...)
. The translations of Maon in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Ma-Ôn in Vietnamese to
מעון in Hebrew!
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, (JOS 15:55)
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. (1SA 23:24)
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (1SA 23:25)
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (1SA 23:25)
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (1SA 25:2)
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (1CH 2:45)
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (1CH 2:45)