Maacah

• A child of Abraham's brother Nachor, evidently a boy.
• The wife of Machir, Manasseh's son.
• One of the wives of Hezron's son Caleb.
• A wife of David, and daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur, a near neighbor of the Maachathites. David fathered Absalom and Tamar by her.
• A King of Gath, to whose son, Achish, Shimei's servants fled early in Solomon's reign. About a half-century earlier than this event, David with 600 men had fled to Achish, son of Maoch, King of Gath ; but the identification of Maoch is doubtful, though kinship is exceedingly probable.
• Daughter of Absalom, favorite wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijah of Judah, and grandmother of Asa of Judah. She served as Queen Mother for Asa, until he deposed her for idolatry.
• The wife of Jehiel.
• The father of Hanan, who was a man in David's army.
• The father of Shephatiah, who was an office man in David's time.

• Aram-Ma'akah, a small Aramean kingdom east of the Sea of Galilee. Its territory was in the region assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan. Maacah, its king, became a mercenary of the Ammonites in their war against David. It is probable that the city Abel of Beth-maachah in Naphtali derived its name from its relation to this kingdom and people.

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