1 Kings 15:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 15:2

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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ASV

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

KJV

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Three years - More strictly, not much more than two years (compare 1Ki 15:1, 1Ki 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 2Sa 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 2Sa 3:3.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Parts of years are often counted in Scripture as whole years. The reign began in Jeroboam's eighteenth year, continued till the nineteenth, and ended in the course of the twentieth. his mother's name was Maachah--or Michaiah (2Ch 13:2), probably altered from the one to the other on her becoming queen, as was very common under a change of circumstances.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ	sha.Losh	three	H7969 →
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
מָלַ֖ךְ	ma.Lakh	he reigned	H4427 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְשֵׁ֣ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אִמּ֔וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
מַעֲכָ֖ה	ma.'a.Khah	[was] Maacah	H4601 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃	'a.vi.sha.Lom	Abishalom	H53 →

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1 Kings 15:13
He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
leads to
- Exodus 32:20
  Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…
- Matthew 10:37
  Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- 1 Kings 15:10
  and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- Joshua 6:24
  Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16
  So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Through
2 Chronicles 13:2
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:20
  After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 1 Kings 15:6–7
  And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- Judges 19:14
  So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

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