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

And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

And also after her, he married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, who bore for him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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

Maachah the daughter of Absalom - See the note on 1-Kings 15:10. She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2-Chronicles 13:2. For this the Targum gives the following reason: "Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeatha. She is the same as Michah, the daughter of Absalom; but, because she was an upright woman, her name was changed into the more excellent name Michaiah, and her fathers name into that of Uriel of Gibeatha, that the name of Absalom might not be remembered.

And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,.... Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father's brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, whose name was Tamar, 2-Samuel 14:27, and the name of this man is different from his; he is called Abishalom, 1-Kings 15:2.
and Uriel of Gibeah; 2-Chronicles 13:2, of the tribe of Benjamin, whereas Absalom was of the tribe of Judah:
which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith: Abijah the firstborn, and who was successor in the kingdom, is the same with Abijam, 1-Kings 14:31 of the rest we nowhere else read.

after her he took Maachah . . . daughter--that is, granddaughter (2-Samuel 14:27) of Absalom, Tamar being, according to JOSEPHUS, her mother. (Compare 2-Samuel 18:18).

Maachah the daughter, i.e., the granddaughter, of Absalom; for she cannot have been Absalom's daughter, because Absalom, according to 2-Samuel 14:27, had only one daughter, Tamar by name, who must have been fifty years old at Solomon's death. According to 2-Samuel 18:18, Absalom left no son; Maachah therefore can only be a daughter of Tamar, who, according to 2-Chronicles 13:2, was married to Uriel of Gibeah: see on 1-Kings 15:2. Abijah, the oldest son of Maachah, whom his father nominated his successor (2-Chronicles 11:22 and 2-Chronicles 12:16), is called in the book of Kings constantly Abijam, the original form of the name, which was afterwards weakened into Abijah.