Maachah] Maachah was wife to Rehoboam; mother to Abijah; and grandmother to Asa, 1 King XV. 2. yet called the mother of Asa, 1 King. XV. 13. 2 Chron. XV ver. 16. And as mother used for grandmother; so daughter for grandchilde, 2 Kings VIII. 26. Brethren for Kinsmen, 2 Kings X. 13. Matth. XIII. 55, 56. And many like phrases are frequent in Scripture. See Gen. XIII. 8. Exod. II. 18. 20, 21. Dan. V. 10, 11, 13, 22.