Maacah (or Maakah; Hebrew: מַעֲכָהMaʿăḵā, "crushed"; Maacha in the Codex Alexandrinus, Maachah in the KJV) is a non-gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to a number of people.
A child of Abraham's brother Nachor by concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:23,24)
The wife of Machir, Manasseh's son. (1 Chronicles 7:15-16)
One of the wives of Hezron's son Caleb. (1 Chronicles 2:48)
A wife of David, and daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur (1 Chronicles 3:2), a near neighbor of the Maachathites. David fathered Absalom and Tamar by her.
A King of Gath, to whose son, Achish, Shimei's servants fled early in Solomon's reign (1 Kings 2:39). About a half-century earlier than this event, David had fled to Achish, son of Maoch, King of Gath, with 600 men (1 Samuel 27:2). Still, the identification of Maacah is doubtful, though kinship is exceedingly probable.
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