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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 15:2 |
King James |
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Three years reigned he--(compare Kg1 15:1 with Kg1 15:9). Parts of years are often counted in Scripture as whole years. The reign began in Jeroboam's eighteenth year, continued till the nineteenth, and ended in the course of the twentieth.
his mother's name was Maachah--or Michaiah (Ch2 13:2), probably altered from the one to the other on her becoming queen, as was very common under a change of circumstances. She is called the daughter of Abishalom, or Absalom (Ch2 11:21), of Uriel (Ch2 13:2). Hence, it has been thought probable that Tamar, the daughter of Absalom (Sa2 14:27; Sa2 18:18), had been married to Uriel, and that Maachah was their daughter. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Three years - More strictly, not much more than two years (compare Kg1 15:1, Kg1 15:9). Any part of a year may, however, in Jewish reckoning, be taken as a year.
His mother's name was Maachah - Or Michaiah, according to the present reading of marginal reference.
The daughter of Abishalom - Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, Tamar Sa2 14:27, so that Maachah must have been, not his daughter, but his grand-daughter. Her father (see the margin) was Uriel of Gibeah whom, therefore, Tamar married. Maachah took her name from her great-grandmother Sa2 3:3. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Three years - That is, part of three years. Abishalom - Or, of Absalom, as he is called Ch2 11:21. And because he is here mentioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred or quality, some conceive that this was Absalom's daughter, called properly Tamar, Sa2 14:27, and from her royal grandmother, Sa2 3:3, Maacah. |
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
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.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)