Meaning
1. The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. (Genesis 22:24)
2. The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon’s reign. (1Kings 2:39)
3. The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of Absalom named after his mother; the third and favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah. (1Kings 15:22; 2Chronicles 11:20-22) The mother of Abijah is elsewhere called "Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah." (2Chronicles 13:2) During the reign of her grandson Asa she occupied at the court of Judah the high position of "king’s mother," comp. (1Kings 15:13) but when he came of age she was removed because of her idolatrous habits. (2Chronicles 15:16)
4. The concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron. (1Chronicles 2:48)
5. The daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and mother of Absalom (1Chronicles 3:2) also called Maacah in Authorized Version of (2Samuel 3:3)
6. The wife of Machir the Manassite. (1Chr 7:15; 1Chr 7:16)
7. The wife of Jehiel, father or founder of Gibeon. (1Chronicles 8:20; 9:35)
8. The father of Hanan, one of the heroes of David body-guard. (2Chronicles 11:43)
9. A Simeonite, father of Sephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David. (1Chronicles 27:16)
