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1 Kings 15:10

He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His [great-grand]mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Mother;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Baal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abishalom;   High Place;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Absalom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abishalom ;   Maacah, Maachah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abish'alom;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Absalom (1);   Mother;   Queen Mother;   Relationships, Family;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Hebrew Names Version
Forty-one years reigned he in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Ma`akhah the daughter of Avishalom.
King James Version
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
English Standard Version
and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New Century Version
His grandmother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. Asa ruled in Jerusalem for forty-one years.
New English Translation
He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
New American Standard Bible
He reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He reigned in Ierusalem one and fourtie yeere, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Contemporary English Version
and he ruled forty-one years from Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Complete Jewish Bible
He ruled forty-one years in Yerushalayim; his [grand]mother's name was Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avishalom.
Darby Translation
and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
Easy-to-Read Version
He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah, and she was the daughter of Absalom.
George Lamsa Translation
And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and his mothers name was Maacah, the daughter of Abed-shalom.
Good News Translation
and he ruled forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom.
Lexham English Bible
He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Literal Translation
And he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and reigned one & fortye yeare at Ierusalem. His graundmothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom.
American Standard Version
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Bible in Basic English
And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Fourtie & one yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
King James Version (1611)
And forty and one yeeres reigned hee in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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English Revised Version
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Berean Standard Bible
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Asa regnede oon and fourti yeer in Jerusalem. The name of his modir was Maacha, douyter of Abessalon.
Young's Literal Translation
and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom.
Update Bible Version
And forty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Webster's Bible Translation
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
World English Bible
Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New King James Version
And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.
New Living Translation
He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
New Life Bible
He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New Revised Standard
he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, forty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and, the name of his mother, was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.
Revised Standard Version
and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Ma'acah the daughter of Abish'alom.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Contextual Overview

9So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king over Judah. 10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His [great-grand]mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom). 11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did his father (forefather) David. 12He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made. 13He also deposed his [great-grand]mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid (obscene, vulgar) image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her horrid image, and burned it by the Brook Kidron. 14But the high places [of idol worship] were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was entirely devoted to the LORD all his days. 15He brought the things which his father had dedicated and the things which he had dedicated into the house of the LORD—silver, gold, and utensils and accessories. 16Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah [north of Jerusalem], in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. 18Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the palace of the king and handed them over to his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram (Syria), who lived in Damascus, saying,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3049-3090, bc 955-914

mother's: that is, grandmother's. 1 Kings 15:2, 1 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 11:20, 2 Chronicles 11:21, 2 Chronicles 13:2

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

Cross-References

Genesis 15:17
When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].
Genesis 15:18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
Genesis 15:19
[the land of] the Kenites and the Kenizzites and the Kadmonites
Leviticus 1:17
'Then he shall tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded, the years of the reigns of David and Solomon:

and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom; that is the name of his grandmother, see 1 Kings 15:2 she is called his mother, not because she brought him forth, but because she brought him up; and this is observed to his commendation, that though he was educated by an idolatrous woman, yet was not corrupted by her as his father was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mother’s name - Rather, “grandmother’s.” The Jews cal any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (compare 1 Kings 15:2; Genesis 3:20). This Maachah was the favorite wife of Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:21, and the mother of Abijam. The way in which she is here mentioned strongly favors the notion that the position of queen-mother was a definite one at the court, and could only be held by one person at a time.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 15:10. His mother's name — Our translators thought that grandmother was likely to be the meaning, and therefore have put it in the margin.

The daughter of Abishalom. — She is called, says Calmet, the daughter of Absalom, according to the custom of the Scriptures, which give the name of daughter indifferently to the niece, the grand-daughter, and great grand-daughter.


 
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