Maachah מעכה bint Talmai

• Preferred Name: Maachah מעכה bint Talmai
  
• Alternate Name: Maaca
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: 9M8V-6W4
  
• Death: 930 BC in Jerusalem, Israel at LATI: N1.7804 LONG: E5.2177 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1040 v. Chr. in Geshur, Syrien at LATI: N2.8194 LONG: E5.7183
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Maacah, the daughter of King Talmi of Geshur, was married to King David and bore him his son Absalom. In the. Midrashic account, David saw Maacah when he went forth to war; he desired her and he took her as an eshet yefat to'ar (Tanhuma [ed.
  
  Asa began to revive the practices of his ancestor King David for the purpose of ensuring proper conduct before God. Toward that end, Asa ejected prostitutes, destroyed all idols, and removed Maacah from her royal position because she had built an obscene memorial to the whore goddess Asherah.
  
  Figlia di Talmai (2), il re di Ghesur(1). Sposò Davide e fu la madre di Absalom (1)e di Tamar(2) 2Sam 3:3; 13:1; 1Cr 3:2.
  
  === A wife of David, and daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur (1 Chronicles 3:2), a near neighbor of the Maachathites. David fathered Absalom and Tamar by her. ===
  A wife of David, and daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur (1 Chronicles 3:2), a near neighbor of the Maachathites. David fathered Absalom and Tamar by her.

• m. AFT 1020 BC in Hebron, Îsraîl

1. Tamar תמר ben David, b. 1005 v. Chr. in Hebron, Israel