Bible Concordance: Maachah (19 Occurrences)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1 Kings 15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Chronicles 7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
2 Chronicles 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
The Bible - Listings of the word MAACHAH in the King James Version(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem.
And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.
David married Talmai’s daughter, Maachah (II Samuel 3:3), presumably, as was the custom, to strengthen ties between the two states.
Maachah was the mother of King David’s son, Absalom, who murdered his half-brother Amnon (II Samuel 13), and later staged a rebellion against his father, but he was killed in turn by David’s general Joab (II Samuel 14-18).
According to II Chronicles 11:21, the king loved Maachah more than his other wives and concubines, but she was surely also an important link to the northern royals, against whom they waged incessant strife (I Kings 15:6).
Maachah married her cousin, Rehoboam, who became the king after Solomon's death.
Though it says, "Mother's name was Maachah", Asa was the grandson of Maachah, for his father was Abijam, the son of Maachah.
Maachah is now the Queen Mother, which would indicate that Asa's mother would have passed away in his early life, and his grandmother was around to advise.
Abel Beth Maachah which meant "Meadow of the house of Maachah" was a city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah.
It is indicated as a small Syrian kingdom probably lay between Geshur on the South and Hermon on the North, and bounded by Jordan on the West.
In this context it is mentioned that Abel Beth Maachah along with Ijon and Dan and "all the land of Naphtali" were smitten by Benhadad of Damascus during the time of Baasha.
Maachah." Generally, when teaching children, Maachah is interpreted as referring to the name of the concubine's daughter.
Afterwards, I saw that Seder HaDoros states explicitly that Maachah was the son of Nachor.
We also find Maachah as referring to a man's name (I Divrei HaYomim 11:43; 23:16; it is difficult to say that the intent is that the individuals mentioned there were called by their mother's name).
Greco-Roman Abila (Arabic Tel Abil) [Hebrew Abel Maachah] in Jordan
Greco-Roman Abila (Arabic Tel Abil) [Hebrew Abel Maachah]
Situated about 10 miles north of Irbid in northern Jordan, Abila was one of the cities of the Decapolis, a federation of ten cities in eastern Palestine.
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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And Adam Knew Eve (M) King Rehoboam of Judah loves Maachah "above all his wives and concubines." Considering the fact that Rehoboam has eighteen wives and sixty concubines (by whom he has twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters), Maachah has to be quite a woman.
The extent of Maachah's influence is conjectural, but she is the mother of Abijah (aka Abijam), who, as king after Rehoboam's death, walks "in all the sins of his father" (and has almost as many wives).
The flowering plant mandragora or mandrake, with a root fancied to resemble the human body, was believed in biblical times to be an aphrodisiac and fertility aid.
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Maachah, persons in the Bible, Biblical Proper Names, Biographies
Maachah or Maacah [both: m A ´ u k u ] Pronunciation Key, in the Bible.
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Zachariah and Maachak (Maachah) bought land on 5 November 1866 from Robert B. and Mary M.Harper for $320.00 it was the N1/2 and the SW1/4 of section 25 and theSE1/4 of the NE1/4 of section 26 in Twp 11 of range 8 containing 160 acres.
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Linking the Gibsons from 1800 SC Zachariah and Maachah Gibson down to those 1997-8 GGGGGrandchildren attending the dedication.
15:2 three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Maachah daughter of Abishalom;
15:10 and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Maachah daughter of Abishalom.
15:13 and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth `it' by the brook Kidron;
My King James Bible indicates Maachah was the mother of Abijah (I Kings 15: 1,10, 13) and also the mother of Asa. ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
My King James Bible indicates Maachah was the mother of Abijah (I Kings 15: 1,10, 13) and also the mother of Asa.
You referenced her as the mother of Abijah (NIV) and the grandmother of Asa?
This difference seems significant to me? Can you take a moment and explain?
) Maachah, a small kingdom in close proximity to Palestine which appears to have lain outside Argob,
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.
two words which denote the inhabitants of the small kingdom of Maachah.
