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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 15:2

他在耶路撒冷作王三年,他的母親名叫瑪迦,是押沙龍的女兒。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abijam;   Abishalom;   Absalom;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Maachah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Baasha;   Maacah or Maachah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abijah (abijam);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Maachah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Asa;   Kings, the Books of;   Tamar (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   Abishalom ;   Absalom ;   Maacah, Maachah ;   Michaiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Maacah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abish'alom;   Ta'mar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grecia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Absalom (1);   Maacah;   Micaiah;   Queen Mother;   Relationships, Family;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Kings, Books of;   Maacah;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
在 耶 路 撒 冷 作 王 三 年 。 他 母 亲 名 叫 玛 迦 , 是 押 沙 龙 的 女 儿 。

Contextual Overview

1 Abijam became king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam son of Nebat was king of Israel. 2 Abijam ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 3 He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been. 4 Because the Lord loved David, the Lord gave him a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son to be king after him. The Lord also kept Jerusalem safe. 5 David always did what the Lord said was right and obeyed his commands all his life, except the one time when David sinned against Uriah the Hittite. 6 There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam during Abijam's lifetime. 7 Everything else Abijam did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. During the time Abijam ruled, there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 Abijam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his mother's: 1 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 11:20-22

Maachah: 2 Chronicles 13:2, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel

Abishalom: 2 Chronicles 11:21, Absalom

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:10 - mother's 1 Kings 22:42 - And his mother's 2 Chronicles 15:16 - the mother

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "Lord God , what can you give me? I have no son, so my slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Look, you have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will inherit everything I have."
Genesis 15:4
Then the Lord spoke his word to Abram: "He will not be the one to inherit what you have. You will have a son of your own who will inherit what you have."
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord . And the Lord accepted Abram's faith, and that faith made him right with God.
Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, "Put your hand under my leg.
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left, carrying with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Northwest Mesopotamia to Nahor's city.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac's wife could not have children, so Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord heard Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 39:9
There is no one in his house greater than I. He has not kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How can I do such an evil thing? It is a sin against God."
Genesis 43:19
So the brothers went to the servant in charge of Joseph's house and spoke to him at the door of the house.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... And three only; his reign was short, and indeed not three full years, only one whole year and part of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentieth of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 15:9 so that he reigned part of his eighteenth, this whole nineteenth, and part of his twentieth:

and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; called Absalom, 2 Chronicles 11:20, generally supposed by the Jews to be Absalom the son of David, and which may seem not improbable, since his other two wives were of his father's family, 2 Chronicles 11:18. Josephus says q she was the daughter of Tamar the daughter of Absalom, and so his granddaughter; and which may account for her being called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, 2 Chronicles 13:2 since the difference between Maachah and Michaiah is not very great; and Uriel might he the name of Tamar's husband; though it is most likely that both father and daughter had two names; she seems to be mentioned here, to observe that she was the cause and means of her son's disagreeable walk, as follows, see

1 Kings 15:13.

q Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three years - More strictly, not much more than two years (compare 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 15:9). Any part of a year may, however, in Jewish reckoning, be taken as a year.

His mother’s name was Maachah - Or Michaiah, according to the present reading of marginal reference.

The daughter of Abishalom - Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, Tamar 2 Samuel 14:27, so that Maachah must have been, not his daughter, but his grand-daughter. Her father (see the margin) was Uriel of Gibeah whom, therefore, Tamar married. Maachah took her name from her great-grandmother 2 Samuel 3:3.


 
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