Bible Person
Female · 2 cross references
Maacah is the Geshurite wife of David and the mother of Absalom. Her place in David's household ties an international marriage alliance to one of the most consequential family lines in the royal story. First appears in 2 Sam 3:3.1
AI summary: Maacah matters because her cross references locate her at the intersection of kingship, diplomacy, and domestic fracture. As David's wife from Geshur and Absalom's mother, she stands behind the son whose beauty, ambition, and rebellion tear at the kingdom from within. Taken together, the material presents Maacah as a royal mother whose family connection helps shape the later crisis in David's house.1
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Maacah
A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur.
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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 Sam. 3:3). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.