a.vel bet-ma.a.khah is a proper name for a place listed among Israelite locations attacked or captured.

The supplied verses use this proper noun as the name of a place named within lists of Israelite locations struck in an attack or taken in a capture.

1. Place named in military campaigns · dominant

   In 1 Kings 15:20, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs among cities struck by Ben-hadad's commanders; the APB renders the list with “Abel-beth-maachah.” In 2 Kings 15:29, the same proper-noun use appears among places Tiglath-pileser captured, again rendered “Abel-beth-maachah” by the APB.

   1 Kings 15:202 Kings 15:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Abel-beth-maachah” within lists of places affected by military action. The verse is read as a whole, but its identical presentation accords with the supplied proper-noun morphology.