Maacah
מַעֲכָה · ma.a.khah · H4601Kמִיכָיָ֫הוּ · mi.kha.ya.hu · H4322H8 mentions in 2 books, most in 2 Chronicles (5)
Who she was
Maacah, also referred to as Micaiah, was the daughter of Abishalom (likely Absalom, the son of David) and the wife of King Rehoboam of Judah (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20–21). She was the mother of Abijah, who succeeded Rehoboam as king (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:22; 13.2). Maacah held the influential position of queen mother during the reigns of Rehoboam and Abijah. However, she was removed from this role by her grandson, King Asa, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah (1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16). Maacah's story illustrates the political significance of the queen mother in the Judean monarchy and the religious reforms undertaken by King Asa to purge idolatry from the land.
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Every mention
8 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 Kings3 mentions
1 Kings 15:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.1 Kings 15:10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.1 Kings 15:13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles5 mentions
2 Chronicles 11:20After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and…2 Chronicles 11:22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.2 Chronicles 13:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.2 Chronicles 15:16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and…
What the dictionary says
(oppression).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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