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MAACAH, MAACHAH* (Person)
Common Hebrew name, often spelled Maachah in the KJB.
1. Last of the four children of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, by Reumah his concubine (Gn 22:24).
2. Daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, a wife of David, and Absalom’s mother (2 Sm 3:3; 1 Chr 3:2).
3. Achish’s father. Achish, king of Gath, housed two of Shimei’s slaves during Solomon’s reign (1 Kgs 2:39). He is identified with Maoch in 1 Samuel 27:2. See Maoch.
4. Daughter of Absalom (Abishalom) (1 Kgs 15:2, 10), the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah (930–913 BC), and the mother of King Abijah (913–910 BC) and grandmother of King Asa (910–869 BC) of Judah (1 Kgs 15:10; 2 Chr 11:20-22). Later, Asa removed her as queen mother because she had an idol made for Asherah (1 Kgs 15:10-13; 2 Chr 15:16). Maacah is spelled Micaiah (Michaiah) in 2 Chronicles 13:2.
5. Caleb’s concubine and the mother of four sons (1 Chr 2:48).
6. Sister of Huppim and Shuppim, the wife of Makir the Manassite and mother of Peresh and Sheresh (1 Chr 7:15-16).
7. Benjamite, the wife of Jeiel, and an ancestress of King Saul (1 Chr 8:29; 9:35).
8. Father of Haman, one of David’s mighty warriors (1 Chr 11:43).
9. Father of Shephatiah, chief officer of Simeon’s tribe during David’s reign (1 Chr 27:16).