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1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahimaaz;   Basmath;   Canaan;   Commissary;   King;   Officer;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Kings;   Naphtali, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Bashemath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz;   Azariah;   Basemath;   Basmath;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naphtali;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahimaaz;   Argob;   Basemath;   Government;   Israel;   Solomon;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz ;   Basmath ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahimaaz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahim'a-Az;   Bas'math;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahimaaz;   Basemath;   Naphtali;   Solomon;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pottery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon—Basemath);
Hebrew Names Version
Achima`atz, in Naftali (he also took Basemat the daughter of Shlomo as wife);
King James Version
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
English Standard Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
New Century Version
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, Solomon's daughter.)
New English Translation
Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon's daughter Basemath.)
Amplified Bible
Ahimaaz, in [the tribe of] Naphtali (he also married Basemath, Solomon's daughter);
New American Standard Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:
Legacy Standard Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
Contemporary English Version
Ahimaaz was in charge of the territory of Naphtali and was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath.
Complete Jewish Bible
Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife;
Darby Translation
Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. He was married to Basemath the daughter of Solomon.
George Lamsa Translation
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
Good News Translation
Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali
Lexham English Bible
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he moreover also had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
Literal Translation
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon for a wife;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ahimaas in Nephtali: and he also toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife.
American Standard Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
Bible in Basic English
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
King James Version (1611)
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also tooke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Achimaas was in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
English Revised Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Berean Standard Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Achymaas was in Neptalym, but also he hadde Bachsemath, douyter of Salomon, in wedloc;
Young's Literal Translation
Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.
Update Bible Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
Webster's Bible Translation
Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:
World English Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
New King James Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
New Living Translation
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters.)
New Life Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (who married Solomon's daughter Basemath),
New Revised Standard
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, - moreover, he, took Basemath daughter of Solomon, to wife;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Achimaas, in Nephthali: he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
Revised Standard Version
Ahi'ma-az, in Naph'tali (he had taken Bas'emath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

Contextual Overview

1 And so king Solomon was king ouer all Israel. 2 And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest. 3 Elihozeph and Ahiah the sonnes of Sisa, scribes: Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoast: Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes. 5 And Azariahu the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers: And Zabud the sonne of Nathan was a priest, ye kinges companion. 6 And Ahisar was steward of ye houshold: And Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tributes. 7 And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold: eche man his moneth in a yere, made prouision for necessarie thinges. 8 And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim, 9 The sonne of Dekar in Makaz and in Saalbin, and Bethsames, Elon, and Bethhanan. 10 The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom parteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Naphtali: Joshua 19:32-39

the daughter: 1 Kings 4:11, 1 Samuel 18:18

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes.
Leviticus 26:18
And yf ye wyl not yet for all this hearken vnto me, then wyll I punishe you seuen tymes more for your sinnes:
Leviticus 26:21
And if ye walke contrarie vnto me, and wyll not hearken vnto me, I wyll bryng seuen tymes mo plagues vpon you, accordyng to your sinnes.
Leviticus 26:24
Then wyll I also walke contrarie vnto you, and wyl punishe you yet seuen tymes for your sinnes.
Leviticus 26:28
I wyll walke contrary vnto you also in indignation, and wyll chastise you seuen tymes more for your sinnes.
1 Kings 16:7
And by the hande of the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani, came the worde of the Lord against Baasa, and against his house, & against all the wickednesse that he did in the sight of the Lorde, in angryng him with the worke of his owne handes, that he should be like the house of Ieroboam, and because he killed him.
Psalms 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes, and put them downe O God our defence.
Psalms 79:12
And rewarde thou our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome: their blasphemie wherewith they haue blasphemed thee O God.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Go through the citie, euen through Hierusalem, & set a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne, and are sory for all the abhominations that be done therin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali,.... Out of that tribe he made a monthly provision annually:

he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife; another daughter of Solomon's, in course of time; :-.


 
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