Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah.

The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire themselves chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maachah, and out of Zobah.

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the officer of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: