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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 1Ki 15:10 |
Strong Concordance |
And forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Maachah [04601], the daughter [01323] of Abishalom [053]. |
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King James |
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ASA'S GOOD REIGN. (Kg1 15:9-22)
his mother's name was Maachah--She was properly his grandmother, and she is here called "the king's mother," from the post of dignity which at the beginning of his reign she possessed. Asa, as a constitutional monarch, acted like the pious David, laboring to abolish the traces and polluting practices of idolatry, and in pursuance of his impartial conduct, he did not spare delinquents even of the highest rank. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Mother's name - Rather, "grandmother's." The Jews cal any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (compare Kg1 15:2; Gen 3:20). This Maachah was the favorite wife of Rehoboam Ch2 11:21, and the mother of Abijam. The way in which she is here mentioned strongly favors the notion that the position of queen-mother was a definite one at the court, and could only be held by one person at a time. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mother's - That is, his grandmother's, as appears from Kg1 15:2, who is called his mother, as David is called Abijam's father, Kg1 15:3. And his grand - mother's name may be here mentioned, rather than his mother's, because his mother was either an obscure person, or was dead, or unwilling to take care of the education of her son, and so he was educated by the grand - mother, who, though she poisoned his father Abijam with her idolatrous principles, Kg1 15:12, yet could not infect Asa, nor withhold him from prosecuting his good purposes of reforming religion. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
9 And in the twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478] reigned [04427] Asa [0609] over Judah [03063].
10 And forty [0705] and one [0259] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Maachah [04601], the daughter [01323] of Abishalom [053].
11 And Asa [0609] did [06213] that which was right [03477] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068], as did David [01732] his father [01].
12 And he took away [05674] the sodomites [06945] out of the land [0776], and removed [05493] all the idols [01544] that his fathers [01] had made [06213].
13 And also Maachah [04601] his mother [0517], even her he removed [05493] from being queen [01377], because she had made [06213] an idol [04656] in a grove [0842]; and Asa [0609] destroyed [03772] her idol [04656], and burnt [08313] it by the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].
14 But the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: nevertheless Asa's [0609] heart [03824] was perfect [08003] with the LORD [03068] all his days [03117].
15 And he brought [0935] in the things [06944] which his father [01] had dedicated [06944], and the things which himself had dedicated [06944], into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], silver [03701], and gold [02091], and vessels [03627].
16 And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].
17 And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
18 Then Asa [0609] took [03947] all the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that were left [03498] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and king [04428] Asa [0609] sent [07971] them to Benhadad [01130], the son [01121] of Tabrimon [02886], the son [01121] of Hezion [02383], king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
19 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, and between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] unto thee a present [07810] of silver [03701] and gold [02091]; come [03212] and break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
20 So Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of the hosts [02428] which he had against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478], and smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelbethmaachah [062], and all Cinneroth [03672], with all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321].
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] thereof, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and dwelt [03427] in Tirzah [08656].
22 Then king [04428] Asa [0609] made a proclamation [08085] throughout all Judah [03063]; none was exempted [05355]: and they took [05375] away the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] had builded [01129]; and king [04428] Asa [0609] built [01129] with them Geba [01387] of Benjamin [01144], and Mizpah [04709].
21 And Rehoboam [07346] loved [0157] Maachah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Absalom [053] above all his wives [0802] and his concubines [06370]: (for he took [05375] eighteen [08083] [06240] wives [0802], and threescore [08346] concubines [06370]; and begat [03205] twenty [06242] and eight [08083] sons [01121], and threescore [08346] daughters [01323].)
20 And Adam [0120] called [07121] his wife's [0802] name [08034] Eve [02332]; because she was the mother [0517] of all living [02416].
2 Three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Maachah [04601], the daughter [01323] of Abishalom [053].
12 And he took away [05674] the sodomites [06945] out of the land [0776], and removed [05493] all the idols [01544] that his fathers [01] had made [06213].
3 And he walked [03212] in all the sins [02403] of his father [01], which he had done [06213] before [06440] him: and his heart [03824] was not perfect [08003] with the LORD [03068] his God [0430], as the heart [03824] of David [01732] his father [01].
2 Three [07969] years [08141] reigned [04427] he in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Maachah [04601], the daughter [01323] of Abishalom [053].