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Maacah

also called Maachah · Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of David’s wives, and was the mother of Absalom (2 Sam. 3:3).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 2 verses

2 Samuel: 3:3
1 Chronicles: 3:2

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.