Everyday words
Maacah
Start with Genesis 22:24, where the Bible uses the word maacah in a real sentence: “His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 22:24
“His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.”
2. 2 Samuel 3:3
“and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;”
3. 2 Samuel 10:8
“The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.”
4. 2 Samuel 20:14
“He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.”
5. 2 Samuel 20:15
“They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.”
6. 1 Kings 2:39
“At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.””
7. 1 Kings 15:2
“He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.”
8. 1 Kings 15:10
“He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.”
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Practice Genesis 22:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hisconcubine,whosenamewasReumah,alsoTebah,Tahash,and