Maacha the Amonitess

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Maacha ., the Amonitess

Hebrew: מעכה ., העמונית, Dutch: Maäcah, the Amonitess
Also Known As: "Maachiah", "Maacah", "Maakah", "Micaiah", "Maaxa"
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Birthplace: Israel
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Wife of Rehoboam ., 1st King of Judea Kingdom
Mother of Abijah ., 2nd King of Judea Kingdom; Attai .; Ziza .; Shelomith . and Itamun .

Occupation: koningin van Juda
Managed by: Esther Rowe Irish
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About Maacha the Amonitess

Wikipedia: Maacah.

"Maacah daughter of Abishalom was the favorite wife of King Rehoboam, who had eighteen wives and sixty concubines. She was the mother of Kings Abijah and Asa. Maacah was stripped of her title of queen mother by Asa because she had made an idol, which Asa destroyed and burned.

"It is very likely that Abishalom and Absalom, King David's rebellious son, were the same person. Possible evidence for this is that Abishalom's daughter Maacah had the same name as Absalom's mother (1 Chronicles 3:2). However, 2 Chronicles 13:2 states that her name was Micaiah, and her father's name was Uriel."

(David Mandel, Who's Who in the Bible (2007), 250.)


May have aka 'Tamer' (named after her fathers sister). Her name Maacah is after her fathers mother.

About מעכה העמונית (עברית)

וַיִּוָּלְדוּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם שְׁלוֹשָׁה בָנִים וּבַת אַחַת וּשְׁמָהּ תָּמָר הִיא הָיְתָה אִשָּׁה יְפַת מַרְאֶה

כשמה של אחותו (ואולי נולדה לאחר מעשה אמנון ותמר, ואבשלום קרא לה בשם זה לכבד את תמר אחותו

מעכה לא מוזכרת בפרק