Maacah מַעֲכָה

Maacah, also known as Micaiah, the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom), was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah, king of Judah.

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Also called Maakah, Maachah, Micaiah, Michaiah.

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In the genealogy of Jesus

Where Maacah appears

2 Chronicles (5), 1 Kings (3)

Key verses

• 1 Kings 15:2 first mention — Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• 1 Kings 15:10 — And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 11:20 — And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
• 2 Chronicles 11:21 — And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
• 2 Chronicles 11:22 — And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
• 2 Chronicles 13:2 — He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
• 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.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.