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1 Kings 4:15

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in 1 Kings 4

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 4:1 · Written before 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 …

This site's exposition

twelve governors over all Israel

on 1 Kings 4:7-19

Solomon has “twelve governors over all Israel”, each to “arrange provisions for one month”. The districts mix tribal territory with cities and regions redrawn under the crown. Verse 19 gives Geber the land of Gilead, “including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan”.

This site's exposition

he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon

Ahimaaz is the second governor married to a daughter of Solomon, after Ben-abinadab in verse 11. Matthew Henry commends the matches, for the princesses married Israelite officers of their father's court and stayed clear of foreign princes outside the covenant. Ahimaaz alone carries no father's name.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and no disparagement to them to marry men of business. Better match with the officers of their father's court that were Israelites than with the sons of princes that were strangers to the covenant of promise. The son of Geber was in Ramoth-Gilead (

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation

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; See Gill on 1Ki 4:11.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֲחִימַ֖עַץAhimaaz

    ʾachimaatzH290 →

  • בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑יin Naphtali

    benaftaliH5321 →51 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • ה֗וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • לָקַ֛חhe took

    lakachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בָּשְׂמַ֥תBasemath

    basematH1315 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • לְאִשָּֽׁה׃to a wife

    leishahH802 →781 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • 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?”

    it 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.

    it 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);

    it 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;

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 4 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 4:1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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