Maachah

Maachah or Maacah (both: mā'uku) [key], in the Bible. 1. Absalom's mother. 2. See Maoch. 3. Idolatrous wife of Rehoboam. She was Absalom's daughter and mother of Abijah. 4. Caleb's concubine. 5. Wife of Machir the Manassite. 6. Child of Nahor. 7. Wife of Jehiel. 8,. 9. Fathers of two of David's men.

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