poverty; the smiting of his son
(same as Machbanai)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
A town of Judah, colonized by the family of Maachah (1Ch_2:49). "Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheva the father of Machbenah."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Mach'benah. (bond). Sheva, the father of Machbena, is named in the genealogical list of Judah as the offspring of Manchah, the concubine of Caleb ben-Hezron. 1Ch_2:49.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Machbenah
(Heb. Makbena', מִכְבֵּנָא, something bound on, perh. a cloak; Sept. Μαχαβηνά v. r. Μαχαμηνά; Vulg. Maochbena), apparently a place in the tribe of Judah founded by (a person of that name, the son of) Sheva (1Ch_2:49), and probably situated in the vicinity of Gibeah, in connection with which it is mentioned. It is thought to have been the same with CABBON (Jos_15:40).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.