Bible Person
Meaning: pressed down; worn; fastened · Female · 2 cross references
This Maachah entry refers to the father of Achish king of Gath, also represented by the variant name Maoch. This figure appears through the Philistine royal setting encountered in the stories of David and later Solomon's reign. First appears in 1 Sam 27:2.1
AI summary: This Maachah matters because the cross references place the house behind Achish, the Philistine king involved in David's period of refuge and remembered again in a later royal context. Though this figure does not act directly, the name situates Achish within a recognized dynastic line. Taken together, the material presents this Maachah as the paternal background to a significant Philistine ruler.1
Central Figure
Maachah
Meaning: pressed down; worn; fastened
The father of Achish, the king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39), called also Maoch (1 Sam.
The father of Achish, the king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39), called also Maoch (1 Sam. 27:2). 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.