Ma'ai (Heb. Maay', ^^"0, perhaps compassionate ,- Sept. has two names, 'lo^tw, 'Aia, the first syllable of the former being apparently taken from the last of the pre- ceding name Gilalai ; Vulg. Maai), one of the priests appointed to perform the music at the celebration of the completion of the M'alls of Jerusalem after the captivity (Neh. xii, 36). B.C. 446.
Maa'leh-acrab'bim (Heb. Madleh'-AkrahUm' , D"'il"'py n?""2, the ascent o/'the scorpions, \. (\. scox- pion-hiU; in Numb, xxxiv, 4, Septuag. dvalSatriQ 'A/cpn- l3np, Auth.Vers. " the ascent of Akrabbim ;" in Josh.xv, 3, Trpoaava(3aGis 'A(cpa/3iV ; in Judg. i, 36, dvalSacrig 'AK:pn/3(V, "the going up to Akrabbim;" Yulg. every- where asceiisiis scorpionis), a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine. See Akrabbiji.
Maa'Ieh-adum'mim (Heb. Madleh'-A dummim', D^B'IX n5>"^, ascent of A dummim ; Sept. ftva/Smcrit' [also TTpoajiaaiQ and TrQoaavd^aaiq^ Ativfiixh', Vulg. ascemio Adommim, Auth.Vers. " the going up of Adum- mim"), a dangerous pass near Gil^al (Josh, xv, 7 ; xviii, 17). See ADUMjinr.
Maan, Johx, a French historian and theologian, was born at Mans near the opening of the 17th century; was prebend of Tours in 1648 ; ofiicial and grand-vicar to the archbishop of Tours in 1651, and died about 1667. His works are Antiqui Casus reservuti in diacesi Tu- ronensi (1648, 4to), written by order of the bishop of Tours : — Sancta et Metropolitana Ecclesia Turonensis, sacrorumpontificum suorum oiiinta virtutibus, etc. (1667). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generule, s. v.
Ma'ani {Maavi v. r. Baai'i), the ancestor of sev- eral who had married Gentile wives after the captivity (1 p;sdr. ix, 34) ; evidently the Bani (q. v.) of the Heb. list (Ezra x, 38).
Ma'arath (Heb. Madrath', fi'^^'O, desolation; Sept. Mrt«piiJ3, Vulg. Maretk), a place in the mountains of Judah, mentioned between Gedor and Beth-anoth (Josh. XV, 59). De Saulcy suggests a place which he calls Kharbet el-Merassas, south-east of Jerusalem {Narra- tive, ii, 17) ; and Schwarz declares it is a village called Magr, west of Ekron {Palest, p. 107) : both far from the indications of the text, which require a locality north of Hebron (Keil's Comment, ad loc). It may be represent- ed by the ruins marked as Afersia on Van de Velde's Map (1858), on the road from Hebron to Bethlehem, about half way between Bereikut and Solomon's Pools, at Urtas ; but on the second edition of his Map (1865) this place disappears, and we have in the required re-
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gion unappropriated onlj' the ruins Merino, on a little stream just north of Kufin, evidently the '■ ruined tower called Jlerrina, seen by him on the high ground south of wady ^\jub" (^Memoir, p. 247).
Maasei'ah (Heb.il/<(a>»/o/i', tr^'u^"^, or [1 Chron. XV, 18, 20; xxiii, 1; 2Chron.xxv, 11 ; xxviii,7; xxxiv, 8; Jer. xxv, 4], Maaseya'hu, *liT^w^S'"2, the worh of Je- hovah ; Sept. Maocria, -vvith many slight various read- ings), the name of several men.
1. One of the Levites of the second class, appointed porters of the Temple under David (1 Chron. xv, 18), and also musicians " with psalteries upon Alamoth" (ver. 20). B.C. 1014.
2. The son of Adaiah, and one of the "captains of hundreds" whom Jehoiada associated with himself in re- storing the young king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chron. xxiii, 1). B.C. 877.
3. A chieftain in the time of Uzziah, who had charge of the mUitarv in a subordinate rank (2 Chron. xxvi, 11). B.C. 808.
4. The "king's son," killed by Zichri, the Ephraim- itish hero, in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel, during the reign of Ahaz (2 Chron. xxviii, 7). The personage thus designated is twice mentioned in connection with the "governor of the city" (1 Kings xxii, 26; 2 Chron. xviii, 23), and appears to have held an office of importance at the Jewish court (perhaps acting as viceroy during the absence of the king), just as the queen dowager was honored with the title of "king's mother" (compare 2 Kings xxiv, 12 with Jer. xxix, 2), or gehirdh, i. e. " mistress," or " powerful lad}'." See MALCiiiAir. For the conjecture of Geiger, see Jo- Asii, 4. — Smith. Perhaps, however, the individual here referred to was literally one of the sons of Ahaz. B.C. cir. 738.
5. The " governor of the city," one of those sent by king Josiah to repair the Temple (2 Chron. xxxiv, 8). B.C. 623. The date and rank render it not improbable that he was the Maaseiah (ii^h. Machseyah' , n^onpj whose refuge is Jehovah ; Sept. Maaaaiac v. r. Macr- (Taiac, etc.), the father of Neriah, and grandfather of Baruch and Seraiah, which latter were two persons of note to whom Jeremiah had recourse in his divine com- munications (Jer. xxxii, 12 ; li, 59) : and in that case he is likewise probably identical with Melchi, the son of Addi, and father of Neri, in Christ's maternal genealogy (Luke iii, 28).
6. The son of Shallum, apparently a priest, since he had p. chamber in the Temple, and was one of its custo- dians (Jer. XXXV, 4). B.C. 606.
7. The father of the priest Zephaniah or Zedekiah, which latter was twice sent by the king with a message of inquiry to Jeremiah, and was denounced b}' the prophet for falsely encouraging the people (Jer. xxi, 1 ; xxxvii, 3; xxix,'21, 25). 'B.C. ante 589.