1 Kings 4:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);

KJV

Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

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Commentary

1 voice

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 4:1 (373)

The officials elected by Solomon designate the order of the chosen ones whom Christ affirmed in his grace and appointed as rulers of his people. Indeed, twelve prefects were selected to administer the incomes of this king and his house, because just as many apostles …

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲחִימַ֖עַץ	'a.chi.Ma.'atz	Ahimaaz	H290 →
בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י	be.naf.ta.Li	in Naphtali	H5321 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
לָקַ֛ח	la.Kach	he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּשְׂמַ֥ת	ba.se.Mat	Basemath	H1315 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 18:18
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:18
  Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 1 Samuel 18:23
  But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
- 1 Samuel 9:21
  Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…
- Ruth 2:10
  At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though…
- Exodus 3:11
  But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Through
2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
  (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- 2 Samuel 17:17
  Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be…
Through
1 Kings 4:11
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
leads to
- Joshua 11:2
  to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;