Dict: smith - MAACAH

smith:

MAACAH - M>@ - (oppression). The mother of Absalom; also called MAACHAH. (2 Samuel kjv@3:3) Maacah, or (in ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:6-7)) Maachah, a small kingdom in close proximity to Palestine which appears to have lain outside Argob, (3:14) and Bashun. kjv@Joshua:12:5) The Ammonite war was the only occasion on which the Maacathites came into contact with Israel when their king assisted the Ammonites against Joab with a force which he led himself. (2 Samuel 10:6-8; kjv@1Chronicles:19:7)