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Person Old Testament

Maon

Maon, a son of Shammai, was a descendant of Caleb. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:45.

Why it matters. Son of Shammai, a descendant of Caleb.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Maon

Maon was a descendant of Caleb, the son of Hezron, from the tribe of Judah. He was the son of Shammai and is mentioned in the genealogy of Caleb's descendants (1Ch.2.45).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Shammai
Children
Beth-zur

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    2:45

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