# מַעֲכָה (maakhah)

Israeli respelling: ma-a-khah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4601. 23 Old Testament occurrences.

Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman

King James renderings: Maachah, Maachathites. See also H1038 (בֵּית מַעֲכָה).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maakhah-h4601

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 22:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/24) — And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
- [Joshua 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/13) — Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among…
- [2 Samuel 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/3) — And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king o…
- [2 Samuel 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/6) — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syr…
- [2 Samuel 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/8) — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and…
- [1 Kings 2:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/39) — And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And the…
- [1 Kings 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/2) — Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- [1 Kings 15:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/10) — And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- [1 Kings 15:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/15/13) — And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and…
- [1 Chronicles 2:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/48) — Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
- [1 Chronicles 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/3/2) — The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
- [1 Chronicles 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/15) — And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and…
- [1 Chronicles 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/16) — And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam…
- [1 Chronicles 8:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/8/29) — And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
- [1 Chronicles 9:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/9/35) — And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,
- [1 Chronicles 11:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/43) — Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
- [1 Chronicles 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/6) — And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents o…
- [1 Chronicles 19:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/7) — So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the childre…
- [1 Chronicles 27:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/27/16) — Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of…
- [2 Chronicles 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/20) — And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- [2 Chronicles 11:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/21) — And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore conc…
- [2 Chronicles 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/22) — And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
- [2 Chronicles 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/16) — And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa c…