Maacah, [Ma'acah] Maachah. [Ma'achah]
1. Daughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother. Genesis 22:24.
2. Daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and one of David's wives, the mother of Absalom. 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 1:3.
3. Father of Achish king of Gath. 1 Kings 2:39.
4. Daughter, or apparently granddaughter of Absalom (or Abishalom), wife of Rehoboam king of Judah, mother of Abijah (or Abijam), and apparently grandmother of Asa king of Judah. 1 Kings 15:2, 1 Kings 1:15, 1 Kings 1:15; 2 Chronicles 1:11; 2 Chronicles 1:15. See MICHAIAH.
5. Concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron. 1 Chronicles 2:48.
6. Wife of Machir, son of Manasseh. 1 Chronicles 7:15, 1 Chronicles 1:7.
7. Wife of Jehiel, father, or founder, of Gibeon. 1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 1:9.
8. Father of Hanan, one of David's mighty men. 1 Chronicles 11:43.
9. A Simeonite, father of Shephatiah. 1 Chronicles 27:16.
10. Name of a king and of a district east of Argob and Bashan. 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 1:10; 1 Chronicles 1:19. In 1 Chronicles 19:6 the district is called SYRIA-MAACHAH.