Dict: easton - Maachah

easton:

Maachah @ oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea kjv@Joshua:13:13; kjv@2Samuel:10:6-8; kjv@1Chronicles:19:7).

(2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of David's wives, and was the mother of Absalom ( kjv@2Samuel:3:3).

(3.) The father of Hanan, who was one of David's body-guard ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:43).

(4.) The daughter of Abishalom (called Absalom, kjv@2Chronicals:11:20-22), the third wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijam (kjvKings:15:2). She is called "Michaiah the daughter of Uriel," who was the husband of Absalom's daughter Tamar ( kjv@2Chronicals:13:2). Her son Abijah or Abijam was heir to the throne.

(5.) The father of Achish, the king of Gath (kjvKings:2:39), called also Maoch ( kjv@1Samuel:27:2).