2 Chronicles 11:20

Maachah the daughter of Absalom - Rather, “grand-daughter” (see the 1 Kings 15:2 note).

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Maachah. Her other name was Michaiah ( 2 Chronicles 13:2 ). Absalom. Same as Abishalom ( 1 Kings 15:2 ).
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Maachah the daughter of Absalom — i.e., granddaughter, as appears from 2 Samuel 14:27 , where Tamar is named as the “one daughter” of Absalom...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is very little more to be gathered from the character of this prince than that he wisely preferred peace to war. Indeed the shelter he gave to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Priests Adhere to Rehoboam. B. C. 974....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 11:15 . For the devils. שׁעירים sheîrim, the hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf.
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And after her he took Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, in the wider sense, for she was Absalom's granddaughter, by his daughter Tamar, 2 Samuel 14:...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 15:1 ; 1 Kings 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 11:21 ; 2 Chronicles 12:16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:2 ; Matthew 1:7

²⁰ And after her he took Maachahb the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 11:20

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 11:20