1 Kings 15:10
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- KJV
- And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- WEB
- He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- ASV
- And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- DARBY
- and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
- BLB
- And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- ÅB
- Han regjerte en og førti år i Jerusalem. Hans mor[^1] hette Ma'aka; hun var datter til Abisalom.
- OTB
- Han regjerte i førtién år i Jerusalem, og hans mor var Maaka, Abisaloms datter.
- B1930
- Han regjerte en og firti år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Ma'aka; hun var datter til Abisalom. / < farmor, 1KG 15, 2.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 15:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Read in context2 Chronicles 11:20–21
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Read in context2 Chronicles 13:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Read in context1 Kings 15:13
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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