1 Kings 15:2 and 2 Chronicles 11:20–22 name her as 'Maakah bat Avshalom' (granddaughter of Avshalom, David's son, through her father Uriel of Givah per 2 Chronicles 13:2 — see note on the variant)
Rechavam's favored wife among many (2 Chronicles 11:21), and mother of his successor Aviyah, whom Rechavam designated as chief prince specifically because of her (2 Chronicles 11:22)
Held the office of gevirah (queen mother) into the reign of her grandson Asa
1 Kings 15:13 2 Chronicles 15:16 — Asa removed her from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image for Asherah; he cut down the image and burned it at the Kidron valley — one of the few accounts of a queen mother being formally deposed for idolatry
“Favored wife of Rechavam, mother of Aviyah — later deposed as queen mother for idolatry by her own grandson Asa”
Traditional note: FLAGGED TEXTUAL VARIANT: 1 Kings 15:2 and 2 Chronicles 11:20–22 call her 'Maakah bat Avshalom' (daughter of Avshalom), while 2 Chronicles 13:2 calls Aviyah's mother 'Michaiah bat Uriel of Givah'. Harmonizing readings take 'bat Avshalom' as 'granddaughter of Avshalom' (through her father Uriel, who married a daughter of Avshalom), and 'Maakah'/'Michaiah' as variant forms or a scribal difference — but the Hebrew text itself does not resolve this directly, so source_confidence is set to 'Secondary' rather than 'Primary'. This entry uses 'Maakah bat Avshalom' (the form used in 1 Kings, the more frequently cited) as its primary name, with 'Michaiah bat Uriel' recorded here as the Chronicles variant.
