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1 Kings 15:2

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah [grand]daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).

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

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

Contextual Overview

1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah [grand]daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).3He walked in all the sins [of idol worship] that his father [Rehoboam] committed before him; and his heart was not entirely devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father (forefather) David. 4Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp (descendant on the throne) in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem, 5because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of [the betrayal of] Uriah the Hittite. 6There was war between Rehoboam [Abijam's father] and Jeroboam all the days of Rehoboam's life. 7Now as for the rest of the acts of Abijam and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8Abijam slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the City of David. Asa his son 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 the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; Your reward [for obedience] shall be very great."
Genesis 15:2
Abram said, "Lord GOD, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?"
Genesis 15:3
And Abram continued, "Since You have given no child to me, one (a servant) born in my house is my heir."
Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir."
Genesis 15:6
Then Abram believed in (affirmed, trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the LORD; and He counted (credited) it to him as righteousness (doing right in regard to God and man).
Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant [Eliezer of Damascus], the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that Abraham owned, "Please, put your hand under my thigh [as is customary for affirming a solemn oath],
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels, and set out, taking some of his master's good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham's brother].
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the LORD granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].
Genesis 39:9
"He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?"
Genesis 43:19
So they approached the steward of Joseph's house, and talked with him at the entrance 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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