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Genesis 22:24

2 Samuel 3:3

1 Kings 2:39

1 Kings 15:2, 13

1 Chronicles 2:48

1 Chronicles 3:2

1 Chronicles 7:15-16

1 Chronicles 8:29

1 Chronicles 9:35

1 Chronicles 11:43

1 Chronicles 27:16

2 Chronicles 11:20-22

2 Chronicles 13:2

2 Chronicles 15:16

(oppression)

  1. The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah (Genesis 22:24)
  2. The father of Achish, who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon’s reign (1 Kings 2:39)
  3. The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of Absalom named after his mother, the third and favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20-22). The mother of Abijah is elsewhere called “Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah” (2 Chronicles 13:2). During the reign of her grandson Asa she occupied at the court of Judah the high position of “king’s mother” (comp. 1 Kings 15:13), but when he came of age she was removed because of her idolatrous habits (2 Chronicles 15:16).
  4. The concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron (1 Chronicles 2:48).
  5. The daughter of Talmai king of Geshur and mother of Absalom (1 Chronicles 3:2), also called Maacah in Authorized Version of 2 Samuel 3:3
  6. The wife of Machir the Manassite (1 Chronicles 7:15-16)
  7. The wife of Jehiel, father or founder of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:29; 9:35)
  8. The father of Hanan, one of the heroes of David’s bodyguard (1 Chronicles 11:43)
  9. A Simeonite, father of Sephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David (1 Chronicles 27:16)

Smith's Bible Names Dictionary (1866).

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