1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Kings 15:2 | He reigned three years in Jerusalem: *the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom. 2 Paralipomenon 13:2. | Years, wanting some months. Maacha. She is called elsewhere, Michaia, daughter of Uriel; but is was a common thing, in those days, for a person to have two names. (Challoner) --- Abessalom and Absalom, the son of David are the same, 2 Paralipomenon 11:21. (Calmet) --- St. Jerome (Trad.) is of a different opinion. (Menochius) --- Josephus ([Antiquities?] 8:10.) intimates that Maacha was the daughter of Thamar. The eldest daughter, in the kingdom of Gessur, seems to have been usually styled Maacha, ver. 10. (Tirinus) |