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Maachah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 8:29

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah:...

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Maachah in Wikipedia

Maacah (Codex Alexandrinus: Maacha, KJV: Maachah) is a non- gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to: A child of Abraham's brother Nachor, evidently a boy. (Gen. 22:23,24) The wife of Machir, Manasseh's son. (1. Chr. 7:15-16) One of the wives of Hezron's son Caleb. (1. Chr 2:48) A wife of David, and daughter of Talmai, King of G...

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Maachah Scripture - 1 Kings 2:39

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants [be] in Gath....

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Maachah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 11:21

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)...

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Maacah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma'-a-ka (ma`akhah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Mocha; Codex Alexandrinus Maacha): A small Syrian kingdom adjoining that of Geshur on the western border of Bashan, the inhabitants of which are called Maachathites (the Revised Version (British and American) "Maacathites"), whose territory was taken by Jair (Dt 3:14; Josh 12:5). The border of th...

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Maachah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Nahor Ge 22:24 -2. Also called MAACAH Mother of Absalom 2Sa 3:3; 1Ch 3:2 -3. Also called MAOCH Father of Achish 1Sa 27:2; 1Ki 2:39 -4. Also called MICHAIAH Mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa 1Ki 15:2,10-13; 2Ch 11:20-23; 13:2; 15:16 -5. Wife of Machir 1Ch 7:15,16 -6. Concubine of Caleb 1Ch 2:48 -7. Wife of Jehiel 1Ch...

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Maachah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

pressed down; worn; fastened...

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Maachah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(oppression). 1. The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. Ge 22:24 2. The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign. 1Ki 2:39 3. The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of Absalom named after his mother; the third and favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah. 1Ki 15:22; 2Ch 11:20-22 The mot...

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Maachah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6,8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of David's wives, and was the mother of Absalom (2 Sam. 3:3). (3.) The father of Hanan, who was one of David's body-gu...

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Maacah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Abel-beth-Maacah was not in it, but in Israel; in the direction of Maacah, and somehow connected with it (2 Samuel 20:14-16). A small kingdom outside Argob (Deuteronomy 3:14), and Bashan (Joshua 12:5). Between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, on the skirts of Mount Hermon, E. of the Lejah. The mention of Maacah with the Geshurites points to...

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