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• MAACHAH oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the
  Hauran, the district of Batanea (Joshua 13:13; 2 Samuel 10:6,8; 1
  Chronicles 19:7).

(2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She
became one of David’s wives, and was the mother of Absalom (2 Samuel
3:3).

(3.) The father of Hanan, who was one of David’s body-guard (1
Chronicles 11:43).

(4.) The daughter of Abishalom (called Absalom, 2 Chronicles 11:20-22),
the third wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijam (1 Kings 15:2). She is
called “Michaiah the daughter of Uriel,” who was the husband of
Absalom’s daughter Tamar (2 Chronicles 13:2). Her son Abijah or Abijam
was heir to the throne.

(5.) The father of Achish, the king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39), called also
Maoch (1 Samuel 27:2).

• MAALEH-ACRABBIM ascent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a
  pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Numbers 34:4; Joshua
  15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Palestine from the
  great Wady el-Fikreh, south of the Dead Sea. (See AKRABBIM.)


• MAARATH desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:59),
  probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.


• MAASEIAH the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David
  appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chronicles 15:18, 20).

(2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in
restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chronicles 23:1).

(3.) The “king’s son,” probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by
Zichri in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel (2 Chronicles 28:7).