Dict: smith - MAACHAH

smith:

MAACHAH - M>@ - (oppression). The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. kjv@Genesis:22:24) The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon’s reign. (Kings:2:39) The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of Absalom named after his mother; the third and favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah. (Kings:15:22; kjv@2Chronicles:11:20-22) The mother of Abijah is elsewhere called "Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah." ( kjv@2Chronicles:13:2) During the reign of her grandson Asa she occupied at the court of Judah the high position of "king’s mother," comp. (Kings:15:13) but when he came of age she was removed because of her idolatrous habits. ( kjv@2Chronicles:15:16) The concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:48) The daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and mother of Absalom ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:2) also called Maacah in Authorized Version of (2 Samuel kjv@3:3) The wife of Machir the Manassite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:15-16) The wife of Jehiel, father or founder of Gibeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:20 kjv@1Chronicles:9:35) The father of Hanan, one of the heroes of David body-guard. ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:43) A Simeonite, father of Sephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:16)