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Maachah
wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon
Wife of Jehiel of Gibeon listed in the Benjamite genealogies of 1 Chronicles as the matriarch of a line connected to the family of King Saul.
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Maachah is named in 1 Chronicles 8 and 9 as the wife of Jehiel, who is identified as the father of — that is, the founding ancestor of the city of Gibeon. She is listed as the mother of several sons, including Abdon, Zur, Kish, , Ner, and others, making her the matriarch of a prominent Benjamite line. Notably, Kish son of Ner is the father of Saul's father in some genealogical reckonings, placing Maachah in the ancestral line of Israel's first king.
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