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1 Kings 15:10

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and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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This verse in 1 Kings 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
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 1Ki 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.

This site's exposition

twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel

on 1 Kings 15:9-10

Asa's accession is dated to Jeroboam's twentieth year, the chronology moving forward two synchronisms in eleven verses, and his reign of forty and one years is the longest so far recorded for either kingdom. Verse 10 repeats the exact maternal formula already given for Abijam at verse 2, Maachah the daughter of Abishalom, though Asa is Abijam's son; the bench reads Maachah here as the queen mother continuing in that office under her grandson rather than as Asa's own mother, which is what makes it possible for Asa himself to remove her from being queen three verses later. The puzzle is not solved by inventing detail beyond the text, only by naming what the office of queen mother explains.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally long, but that of the bad kings short, the consideration of which will make the state of God's church not altogether so bad within that period as it appears at first sight.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.

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.

  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֤יםand forty

    vearbaimH705 →136 times

  • וְאַחַת֙and one

    veachatH259 →971 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • מַעֲכָ֖ה[was] Maacah

    maakhahH4601 →23 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃Abishalom

    ʾavishalomH53 →110 times

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

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 15:2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.4 works2 Chronicles 15:16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.3 works2 Chronicles 13:2and 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.2 works1 Kings 15:13He 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.2 works2 Chronicles 11:20–21After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.2 works1 Kings 22:42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.2 works

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 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.

    it 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…

    • 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.

    • Deuteronomy 13:6–11

      If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor…

    • Deuteronomy 9:21

      And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it…

  • 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.

    it 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.

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:2

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

    it leads to

    • 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.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 15 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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