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Maacah (1Ki 15:2)

Maacah (1Ki 15:2)

Daughter of Uriel and Tamar, in the united monarchy of Israel. Named in scripture at 1 Kings 15:2.

Lived: United Monarchy

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 2
Family & lineage
BibleDaughter of Uriel and Tamar.
1 Kings 15:2
BibleWife of Rehoboam.
1 Kings 15:2

Where in scripture

1 Kings2 Chronicles

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:2

He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:10

He 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.

1 Kings 15:13

After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:20

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter 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 sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

2 Chronicles 11:22

He 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 13:2

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:16

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

1 Kings 15:21 Kings 15:101 Kings 15:132 Chronicles 11:202 Chronicles 11:212 Chronicles 11:222 Chronicles 13:22 Chronicles 15:16

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