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1 King 15:2 states, "...His mother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalon." Then 2 Chronicles 13:2 states, "...His mother's name was Michalah the daughter of Oriel of Gibeah..." So whose son is Abijah? Who is his daughter?

This is just a variation of spelling Maachah is the same person as Michaiah, also mentioned in 2 Chronicles 11:20,21. In the NIV translation they changed Michaiah in 2 Chronicles 13:2 into Maachah; but the Septuagint and most of the other versions kept the name Michaiah. Other Bible scholars believe that probably her name altered from the one to the other on her becoming queen, as was very common under a change of circumstances. She is called the daughter (granddaughter) of Abishalom, or Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:21), of Uriel (2 Chronicles 13:2). Hence, the probability that that Tamar, the daughter of Absalom (2 Samuel 14:27), married  Uriel, and that Maachah was their daughter.