Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(oppression). (1) A wife of David (2 Sam. 3:3). Maachah (1 Chron. 3:2). (2) A petty kingdom, N. E. of Palestine (2 Sam. 10:6-8). Syria-maachah (1 Chron. 19:6-7).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Daughter of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Gen. 22:24).
2. Daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and one of David’s wives, the mother of Absalom (2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chron. 3:2).
3. Father of Achish king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39).
4. Daughter, or apparently granddaughter of Absalom (or Abishalom), wife of Rehoboam king of Judah, mother of Abijah (or Abijam), and apparently grandmother of Asa king of Judah (1 Kings 15:2,10,13; 2 Chron. 11:20-22; 2 Chron. 15:16). See MICHAIAH.
5. Concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron (1 Chron. 2:48).
6. Wife of Machir, son of Manasseh (1 Chron. 7:15-16).
7. Wife of Jehiel, father, or founder, of Gibeon (1 Chron. 8:29; 1 Chron. 9:35).
8. Father of Hanan, one of David’s mighty men (1 Chron. 11:43).
9. A Simeonite, father of Shephatiah (1 Chron. 27:16).
10. Name of a king and of a district east of Argob and Bashan (2 Sam. 10:6,8; 1 Chron. 19:7). In 1 Chronicles 19:6 the district is called SYRIA-MAACHAH.
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
pressure (literally she has pressed)