Maakah daughter of the king of Geshur
Feb. 10th, 2013 06:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zeborah
Maakah (2 Samuel 3:3 and identically 1 Chronicles 3:2) is the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur. "Geshur and Maakah" are a people subdued by but not driven out by Israel back in the day, so they continue to live in the country and apparently keep on having a king; 'Maakah' appears to be a not uncommon personal name.
When this Maakah marries David, then, it's probably (like I suspect Ahinoam of Jezreel) for political reasons; probably shortly after he returns from exile to be crowned king of Judah. She gives birth to his third son Absolom, and to an ill-fated daughter Tamar, about whom more another week.
When this Maakah marries David, then, it's probably (like I suspect Ahinoam of Jezreel) for political reasons; probably shortly after he returns from exile to be crowned king of Judah. She gives birth to his third son Absolom, and to an ill-fated daughter Tamar, about whom more another week.
