Bible Verses About Maachah: 4. Called Michaiah, mother of Abijam and grandmother of Asa

and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Maachah daughter of Abishalom.

And Asa doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father,

and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

and also Maachah his mother--he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth it by the brook Kidron;

And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines--for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines--and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.