מַעֲכָה

Genesis 22:24 מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס Maacah

Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Joshua 13:13 וּמַֽעֲכָת֙ and Maacah

but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

Here: A form of the name Maacah ending in -t. It refers to the state or territory of Maacah as a political unit.

2 Samuel 3:3 מַעֲכָ֔ה Maacah

his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

2 Samuel 10:6 מַֽעֲכָה֙ Maacah

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

Here: A small Aramean kingdom southwest of Mount Hermon, bordering Geshur in the Golan region (Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:11–13).

2 Samuel 10:8 וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה and Maacah

The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

1 Kings 2:39 מַעֲכָ֖ה Maacah

After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

Here: Achish's father. Compare 'Maoch' in 1 Sam 27:2.

1 Kings 15:2 מַעֲכָ֖ה [was] Maacah

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:10 מַעֲכָ֖ה [was] Maacah

and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:13 מַעֲכָ֣ה Maacah

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Chronicles 2:48 מַעֲכָ֔ה Maacah

Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 3:2 מַעֲכָ֔ה Maacah

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

1 Chronicles 7:15 מַעֲכָ֔ה [was] Maacah

Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:16 מַעֲכָ֤ה Maacah

Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

1 Chronicles 8:29 מַעֲכָֽה׃ [was] Maacah

Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

1 Chronicles 9:35 מַעֲכָֽה׃ [was] Maacah

Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

1 Chronicles 11:43 מַעֲכָ֔ה Maacah

Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Here: Hanan's father, mother or ancestral group. In the Bible Maacah is a name borne by both men and women, and it is also the name of a small Aramean kingdom north-east of the Sea of Galilee. Which is meant here cannot be settled.

1 Chronicles 19:6 מַעֲכָה֙ Maacah

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

1 Chronicles 19:7 מַעֲכָה֙ Maacah

So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.

1 Chronicles 27:16 מַעֲכָֽה׃ ס Maacah

These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;

2 Chronicles 11:20 מַעֲכָ֖ה Maacah

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:21 מַעֲכָ֣ה Maacah

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 11:22 מַעֲכָ֖ה Maacah

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

2 Chronicles 15:16 מַעֲכָ֞ה Maacah

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Here: She stands first in the sentence, ahead of the verb, which puts her in the spotlight: 'As for Maacah…'. She was the favoured wife of Rehoboam and a descendant of Absalom (2 Chr 11:20–22), so she was a royal figure of real standing.