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(1 Chronicles 3: 2) also called Maacah in Authorized Version of
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They also hired the king of the country called Maacah, and a fourth king, by name Ishtob; which last had twelve thousand armed men.
Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709
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Maacah (1 Kgs 15: 18) and murderous Athalia (2 Kgs 11), could be called
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Maacah, the daughter of King Talmi of Geshur, was married to King David and bore him his son Absalom.
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They describe the worship of Asherah as sexual: Maacah made a phallus with which she sported every day (BT Avodah Zarah 44a).
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II Sam. 3: 2 – 5 records that David had six wives when he was in Hebron: Ahinoam of Jezreel, Abigail wife of Nabil the Carmelite, Maacah daughter of Talmai, Haggith, Abital, and Eglah.
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The midrash hardly mentions Maacah daughter of Abishalom, nor does it seek to shed light on her lineage, which is unclear in the Bible.
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The Rabbis exemplify such a process with the marriage of David and Maacah.
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Maacah is mentioned by the Rabbis as the mother of Asa.
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The regnal formula of Asa, king of Judah from 908 to 867 b.c.e., claims that his mother is Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (1 Kgs 15: 10).
Maacah: Bible. 2009
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