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Bishop's Bible

1 Kings 15:2

Three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abijam;   Abishalom;   Absalom;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Maachah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Baasha;   Maacah or Maachah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abijah (abijam);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Maachah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Asa;   Kings, the Books of;   Tamar (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Maacah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   Abishalom ;   Absalom ;   Maacah, Maachah ;   Michaiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Maacah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abish'alom;   Ta'mar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grecia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Absalom (1);   Maacah;   Micaiah;   Queen Mother;   Relationships, Family;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Kings, Books of;   Maacah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Hebrew Names Version
Three years reigned he in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Ma`akhah the daughter of Avishalom.
King James Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
English Standard Version
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New Century Version
Abijam ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
New English Translation
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Amplified Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah [grand]daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).
New American Standard Bible
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Three yeere reigned hee in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
Legacy Standard Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Contemporary English Version
and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Complete Jewish Bible
He ruled three years in Yerushalayim; his mother's name was Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avishalom.
Darby Translation
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, a daughter of Abishalom.
Easy-to-Read Version
Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother's name was Maacah. She was Absalom's daughter.
George Lamsa Translation
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. And his mothers name was Maacah, the daughter of Abed-shalom.
Good News Translation
and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom.
Lexham English Bible
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Literal Translation
He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was. Maecha, the doughter of Abisalom,
American Standard Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Bible in Basic English
For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
King James Version (1611)
Three yeeres reigned hee in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he reigned three years over Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.
English Revised Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Berean Standard Bible
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thre yeer he regnede in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Maacha, douyter of Abessalon.
Young's Literal Translation
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;
Update Bible Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
Webster's Bible Translation
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
World English Bible
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New King James Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.
New Living Translation
He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
New Life Bible
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
New Revised Standard
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Three years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and, the name of his mother, was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.
Revised Standard Version
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Ma'acah the daughter of Abish'alom.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Contextual Overview

1 In the eighteenth yere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, raigned Abiam ouer Iuda. 2 Three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom. 3 And he walked in all the sinnes of his father which he had done before him, and his heart was not perfect with the Lorde his God, as the heart of Dauid his father. 4 Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God geue him a lyght in Hierusalem, that he set vp his sonne after him, and stablished Hierusalem: 5 Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he commaunded him all the dayes of his lyfe, saue onely in the matter of Urias the Hethite. 6 And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam, as long as he lyued. 7 The rest of the wordes that concerne Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda? And there was warre betweene Abiam & Ieroboam. 8 And Abiam slept with his fathers, & they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne raigned in his steade.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his mother's: 1 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 11:20-22

Maachah: 2 Chronicles 13:2, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel

Abishalom: 2 Chronicles 11:21, Absalom

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:10 - mother's 1 Kings 22:42 - And his mother's 2 Chronicles 15:16 - the mother

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco?
Genesis 15:3
And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire.
Genesis 15:4
And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire.
Genesis 15:6
And [Abram] beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:
Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.
Genesis 25:21
And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued.
Genesis 39:9
There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?
Genesis 43:19
Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler ouer Iosephes house, and communed with him at the doore of the house,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... And three only; his reign was short, and indeed not three full years, only one whole year and part of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentieth of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 15:9 so that he reigned part of his eighteenth, this whole nineteenth, and part of his twentieth:

and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; called Absalom, 2 Chronicles 11:20, generally supposed by the Jews to be Absalom the son of David, and which may seem not improbable, since his other two wives were of his father's family, 2 Chronicles 11:18. Josephus says q she was the daughter of Tamar the daughter of Absalom, and so his granddaughter; and which may account for her being called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, 2 Chronicles 13:2 since the difference between Maachah and Michaiah is not very great; and Uriel might he the name of Tamar's husband; though it is most likely that both father and daughter had two names; she seems to be mentioned here, to observe that she was the cause and means of her son's disagreeable walk, as follows, see

1 Kings 15:13.

q Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three years - More strictly, not much more than two years (compare 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 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 2 Samuel 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 2 Samuel 3:3.


 
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