Lytle, David, a minister of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, was born, of Presbyterian parentage, at Sa- lem, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1826, was converted in the Metho- dist Episcopal Church in 1817, joined the Church in 1818, was licensed to preach in 1854, and joined the Troy Conference. He successively preached at Granville, (1857) Argyle and North Greenwich, (1859) Whitehall, (1861) IMechanicsville, (1863) Third Street Church, Troy, (1865) Westport, (1867) North Chatham, and last- ly at Kock City Falls, N.Y., where he died October 13, 1869. He " was possessed of a sound understanding, good judgment, and a kind and sympathizing nature. He was ardent and firm in his friendships, a kind hus- band and father, a faithful Christian, a good preacher, excelling as a pastor." During his second year at Ar- gyle an epidemic broke out ; but he continued at his post of duty, nursing the sick, and gi^■ing counsel and advice to the dying. See Couf. Minutes, 1870, p. 110.
Lyttleton, Charles, LL.D., an English divine, born at Hagley, Worcestershire, in 1714, was educated at Eton and at University College, Oxford; rector of Alvechurch, Worcester, in 1742 ; dean of Exeter in 1748 ; bishop of Carlisle in 1762, and president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1765. He died Dec. 22, 1768. He published one sermon (Lond. 1765, 4to), and left various interesting scientific works. See AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and A nier. A iitJiors, vol. ii, s. v.
Lyttleton, George, Sir, an English peer and celebrated politician, ^vho was born in Worcestershire in 1708-9, and educated at Eton and Christchurch, Ox- ford ; entered Parliament in 1730, held several high po- litical offices, was raised to the peerage in 1759, and died in 1773, is noted also as the author of Observations on the Conversion and Ajwstleship oj" St. Paul (1747, 8 vo, and often ; last edit. 1854, 12mo), a work which elicited much praise for the able defence it furnishes for the truths of Christianity, or, as Leland (Deistical Writers, p. 156 sq.) says, constitutes of itself " a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revela- tion." Another work of lord George Lyttleton of inter- est to us is his Dialoffues of the Dead (1760). He had a son, Thomas, who died young, and who was as con- spicuous for profligacy as his father for virtue. See Johnson, Lives of the Poets, iii, 391-400; Phillimore, Life of Lord Lyttleton, (1845); Lond. Quart. Per. 1846 (June); Monthly Revieio, 1772 (April and May); 1774 (December) ; Alliboue, Diet, of British and A mei'ican Authors, ii, 1150,
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Ma'acah (Heb. Madlah', i^2"^, oppression, Sept. Mart V", but in Gen. xxii, 24, Mox« ; in 1 Chron. ii, 48 ; iii, 3. Mojx" ; in 1 Chron. vii, 15, 16, Mooxa ; in 1 Chron. ix, 35, MowxH ; in 1 Chron. xi, 43, Mox« '- ^"i^g- ^Dta- cha ; Auth. Vers. " Maacah" only 2 Sam. iii, 3 ; x, 6, 8), the name of a place and also of nine persons. See also Beth-maachaii.
1. A city and region at the foot of Mount Hermon, not far from Geshur, a district of Syria (Josh, xiii, 13; 2 Sam. X, 6, 8 ; 1 Chron. xix. 7). Hence the adjacent portion of Syria is called Aram-Maacah, or Syria of jMa- achah (" Syria-iNIaachah," 1 Chron. xix, 0). It appears to liave been situated at the southerly junction of Coele- Syria and Damascene-Syria, being bounded by the king- dom of liehob on the north, by that of Geshur on the south, and by the mountains on either side of the Up- per Jordan, on the east and west. See (Jksiii:i;. Tlie little kingdom thus embraced tlie soulhern and eastern declivities of Hermon, and a portion of the rocky pla- teau of Itur.Ta (Porter's Damascus, i, 319; com\t. Joui-n. of Sac. Lit., ]u\y, 1854, p. 310). The Israeirtes seem to have considered this territory as included in their grant, but were never able to get possession of it (Josh, xiii, 13). In the time of David this petty principality had
a king of its own, who contributed 1000 men to the grand alliance of the Syrian nations against the Jewish monarch (2 Sam. x, 6, 8). The lot of the half-tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan extended to this country, as had previously the dominion of Og, king of Bashan (Deut. iii, 14; Josh, xii, 5). The Gentile name is Ma- acahthite {''T\'2V^, Sept. Maxa^i, but Maaxa^i in 2 Sam. xxiii, 24, MaxaSn in 1 Chron. iv, 19, Miox'oS'ft in Jer. xl, 8; Auth. Version " IMaachathite," but "Maa- chathi" in Deut. iii, 14), which is also put for the people (Deut. iii, 14; Josh, xii, 5; xiii, 11, 13; 2 Kings xxv, 23). Near or within the ancient limits of the small state of Maacah was the town called for that reason Abel beth-maacah, perhaps its metropolis, which is rep- resented by the modern Ahil el-Kamh, situated on the west side of the valley and stream that descends from Merj Ayun towards the Huleh, and on a summit, with a large offset on the south. See ABEL-BiiTii-I\lAA- ciiAH. Rosenmiiller ex]4ains the name Maacah to pr-ess, to jn-ess together, which seems to denote a region inclosed and hemmed in In' mountains, a land of val- levs. The name of this region is Anglicized everj'- where "Maachah" in the Auth. Vers., except in 2 Sam. iii, 3 ; x, 6, 8. Once (Josh, xiii, 13, second clause) it is