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