Maachah, Maachathites

“Maacah” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(oppression). (1) A wife of David (2 Sam. 3:33And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; (2 Samuel 3:3)). Maachah (1 Chron. 3:22The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: (1 Chronicles 3:2)). (2) A petty kingdom, N. E. of Palestine (2 Sam. 10:6-86And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8And 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 Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. (2 Samuel 10:6‑8)). Syria-maachah (1 Chron. 19:6-76And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 7So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. (1 Chronicles 19:6‑7)).

“Maacah, Maachah” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

“Syria-maachah” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

See MAACHAH, No. 10.

“Maachathi, Maachathites” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

The inhabitants of Maacah, or Maachah (Deut. 3:1414Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. (Deuteronomy 3:14); Josh. 12:55And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. (Joshua 12:5); Josh. 13:11,1311And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; (Joshua 13:11)
13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. (Joshua 13:13)
; 2 Sam. 23:3434Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, (2 Samuel 23:34); 2 Kings 25:2323And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (2 Kings 25:23); 1 Chron. 4:1919And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. (1 Chronicles 4:19); Jer. 40:88Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (Jeremiah 40:8)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Transliteration:
Ma`akah
Phonic:
mah-ak-aw’
Meaning:
or Mamakath (Josh. 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from 4600; depression; 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
KJV Usage:
Maachah, Maachathites. See also 1038

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

patronymic of Maachathi

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Friction; oppression:―name of several persons and places [MAACAH], 1 Kings 2:39. {Attritio}