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American Tract Society
• Maacah or Maachah
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Maacah
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Maacah
• Beth-Maacah
• Aram-Maacah
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Maacah
• Beth-Maacah
• Aram-Geshur, Aram-Maacah, Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Reho
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Maacah, Maachah
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Maacah
People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Maacah
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Abel-Beth-Maacah
• Aram-Maacah
• Beth-Maacah
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Abel-Beth-Maacah
• Maacah
• Maacah Person
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Maacah
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה
• אֲרָם , אֲרַם מַעֲכָה
• בֵּית מַעֲכָה
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Maacah (mâ'a-kah), oppression, 2 Samuel 3:3; or Maachah, 1 Chronicles 3:2. 1. A daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, was taken in battle by David, according to Hebrew tradition, and made one of his wives and bore him Absalom. 2. A small district or kingdom on the northeastern frontier of Palestine, in Syria, near Ammon and toward Mesopotamia, 2 Samuel 10:6; or Maachah, 1 Chronicles 19:6-7.