Maachah in Biblical History

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Who is Maachah?
MA'ACHAH
1. The daughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother, by his concubine Reumah. Gen 22:24. 2. The father of Achish, who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign, 1 Kgs 2:39; is also called Moach. 1 Sam 27:2. 3. The daughter, or more probably the granddaughter, of Absalom, and the third wife of Rehoboam, mother to Abijah and grandmother to Asa. 1 Kgs 15:2; 2 Chr 11:20-22. In 2 Chr 13:2 she is called "Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah," "Michaiah," being a variation of "Maachah," and Uriel being the husband of Absalom's daughter Tamar. In the beginning of Asa's reign she held the dignity of queen-mother, 1 Kgs 16:2, 1 Kgs 16:10, 1 Kgs 16:13 ; 2 Chr 11:20-22; but when Asa came of age she lost the dignity as a punishment because she had introduced idolatry. 2 Chr 15:16. 4. A concubine of Caleb, the son of Hezron. 1 Chr 2:48. 5. A descendant of Benjamin, and the wife of Machir the Manassite. 1 Chr 7:12, 1 Chr 7:15-16. 6. The wife of Jehiel, the founder of Gibeon, and the ancestor of the family of Saul. 1 Chr 8:29; 1 Chr 9:35. 7. The father of Hanan, one of David's warriors. 1 Chr 11:43. 8. The father of Shephatiah, chief of the Simeonites. 1 Chr 27:16.

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