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Maachah

8 verses · 7 family members

Also known as: Michaiah

Verses Mentioning Maachah

  1. He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

  2. And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

  3. Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

  4. And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.

  5. And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

  6. But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,

  7. Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Michaia, the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa: and there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.

  8. Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.