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1 Kings 15:10

He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah, and she was the daughter of 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.
Amplified Bible
He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His [great-grand]mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).
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.
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

9 During Jeroboam's 20th year as king over Israel, Asa became king of Judah. 10 He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah, and she was the daughter of Absalom. 11 Asa did what the Lord said is right, as his ancestor David did. 12 During Asa's time there were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. Asa forced them to leave the country. He took away the idols that his ancestors had made. 13 King Asa also took away the right of his mother Maacah to be queen mother. He did this because she had set up one of those awful Asherah poles. Asa cut down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14 Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to the Lord all his life. 15 Asa and his father had given some special gifts to God. Asa put these gifts of gold, silver, and other things in the Lord 's Temple. 16 The whole time that King Asa was king of Judah, he fought a war against King Baasha of Israel. 17 Once Baasha attacked Judah and then built up the city of Ramah to keep Asa from leaving Judah on any kind of military campaign. 18 So Asa took gold and silver from the treasuries of the Lord 's Temple and the king's palace. He gave it to his officials and sent them to King Ben-Hadad of Aram. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben-Hadad's capital city.

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
After the sun went down, it got very dark. The dead animals were still on the ground, each animal cut into two pieces. Then a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.
Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 15:19
This is the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Leviticus 1:17
Then the priest will tear the bird open by its wings, but he must not divide it completely into two parts. So he will bring the bird to the altar to be offered as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord .
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to be the kind of person God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who has no reason to be ashamed of his work, one who applies the true teaching in the right way.

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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