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New King James Version

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe.
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 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 So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and Abiathar, the priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king's friend; 6 Ahishar, over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force. 7 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year. 8 These are their names: Ben-Hur, [fn] in the mountains of Ephraim; 9 Ben-Deker, [fn] in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; 10 Ben-Hesed, [fn] in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh 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 shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Leviticus 26:18
"And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.
Psalms 59:11
Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 79:12
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it."

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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