kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant

Aram-Maacah

1000 BCE – 900 BCE (approx.)

Aram-Maacah, a small Aramaean kingdom near Mount Hermon, known only from the Hebrew Bible.

Origins

Maacah lay in the northern Golan and the slopes of Mount Hermon, north of Geshur. It is known only from the Hebrew Bible, which lists it among the Aramaean kingdoms of the 10th century BCE.

Rule and society

Nothing is known of its government. The Bible relates that its king sent a thousand men to support Ammon against David of the United Kingdom of Israel.

Decline and legacy

Maacah was absorbed by Aram-Damascus or the Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BCE; the town of Abel-beth-maacah preserves its name.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Aram-MaacahAram-Damascus 1000 BCE – 732 BCE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Aram-Maacah. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/aram-maacah
MLA
“Aram-Maacah.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/aram-maacah. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Aram-Maacah.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/aram-maacah.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Aram-Maacah’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/aram-maacah (Accessed: ).

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