2 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:22

11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 11:21

11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ²  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Chronicles 15:16

15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother ³  from her position as queen mother ⁴  because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁵  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁶ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 16:4

16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ⁷  They conquered ⁸  Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, ⁹  and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

[11:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and Rehoboam appointed for a head Abijah son of Maacah for ruler among his brothers, indeed to make him king.”

[11:21]  ¹ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

[15:16]  ¹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.

[15:16]  ² tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.

[13:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:2]  ² tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

[16:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

[16:4]  ² tn Heb “They struck down.”

[16:4]  ³ sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.