Topic
Maacah; Maachah
17 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 22:24ISBE
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
- 1 Samuel 27:2ISBE
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- 2 Samuel 3:3ISBE
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
- 1 Kings 2:39ISBE
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.
- 1 Kings 15:2ISBE
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:13ISBE
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
- 1 Chronicles 2:48ISBE
Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2ISBE
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
- 1 Chronicles 7:12ISBE
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
- 1 Chronicles 7:15ISBE
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 8:29ISBE
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
- 1 Chronicles 9:35ISBE
¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
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- 1 Chronicles 11:43 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 27:16 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
ma'-a-ka (ma`akhah):
(1) Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Mocha; Codex Alexandrinus Mocha, daughter of Nahor, borne to him by Reumah (Ge 22:24).
(2) Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maacha; Codex Alexandrinus Maachath, the one wife of David who was of royal rank, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, who became the mother of Absalom (2Sa 3:3; 1Ch 3:2).
(3) Maacha, father of Achish, king of Gath (1Ki 2:39). He is probably referred to as "Maoch" in 1Sa 27:2.
(4) The daughter of Absalom, the favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah (1Ki 15:2; 2Ch 11:20, etc.). Evidently "daughter" must here be understood as "granddaughter," according to a common oriental usage. Tamar was the only daughter of Absalom. If Tamar married Uriel of Gibeah (2Ch 13:2), then Maacah was her daughter. In that case the name Micaiah in this passage would be either a copyist's error or a variant of Maacah. She must have been a woman of strong personality. Unfortunately, her influence was cast upon the side of idolatry. She maintained her position in the palace, however, till the reign of her grandson Asa. Possibly she acted as regent during his minority. Ultimately, she was degraded by him for an act of peculiar infamy (1Ki 15:13; 2Ch 15:16).
(5) Concubine of Caleb, son of Hezron (1Ch 2:48).
(6) Sister of Huppim and Shuppim the Benjamites, who became the wife of Machir the Manassite, the "father" of Gilead (1Ch 7:12,15 f).
(7) Wife of Jeiel, the "father" of Gibeon, an ancestress of King Saul (1Ch 8:29; 9:35).
(8) Father of Hanan, one of David's mighty men (1Ch 11:43).
(9) Father of Shephatiah, ruler of the Simeonites under David (1Ch 27:16).
W. Ewing
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.