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1 Kings 15:2

AbsalomMaachahJerusalem

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

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

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

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BSB
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
KJV
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
WEB
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
ASV
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
DARBY
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, a daughter of Abishalom.
BLB
He reigned in Jerusalem three years. And the name of his mother [was] Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
ÅB
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Ma'aka; hun var datter til Abisalom.
OTB
Han regjerte i tre år i Jerusalem, og hans mor var Maaka, Abisaloms datter.
B1930
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Ma'aka; hun var datter til Abisalom.

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Cross references

  • 2 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:20–22

    And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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  • 1 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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