Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
MA'ON, one of the cities of Judah, in the mountains, Josh 15:55, and a district where David hid from Saul, and near which Nabal had possessions. 1 Sam 23:24-25. The name of Maon still exists in Main, a lofty conical hill 100 feet high, about 8 miles south from Hebron.