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The NET Bible®

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon's daughter Basemath.)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahimaaz;   Basmath;   Canaan;   Commissary;   King;   Officer;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Kings;   Naphtali, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Bashemath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz;   Azariah;   Basemath;   Basmath;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naphtali;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahimaaz;   Argob;   Basemath;   Government;   Israel;   Solomon;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahimaaz ;   Basmath ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahimaaz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahim'a-Az;   Bas'math;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahimaaz;   Basemath;   Naphtali;   Solomon;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pottery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon—Basemath);
Hebrew Names Version
Achima`atz, in Naftali (he also took Basemat the daughter of Shlomo as wife);
King James Version
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
English Standard Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
New Century Version
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, Solomon's daughter.)
Amplified Bible
Ahimaaz, in [the tribe of] Naphtali (he also married Basemath, Solomon's daughter);
New American Standard Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he tooke Basmath the daughter of Salomon to wife:
Legacy Standard Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
Contemporary English Version
Ahimaaz was in charge of the territory of Naphtali and was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath.
Complete Jewish Bible
Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife;
Darby Translation
Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. He was married to Basemath the daughter of Solomon.
George Lamsa Translation
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
Good News Translation
Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali
Lexham English Bible
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he moreover also had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
Literal Translation
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon for a wife;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ahimaas in Nephtali: and he also toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife.
American Standard Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
Bible in Basic English
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
King James Version (1611)
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also tooke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Achimaas was in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
English Revised Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Berean Standard Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Achymaas was in Neptalym, but also he hadde Bachsemath, douyter of Salomon, in wedloc;
Young's Literal Translation
Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.
Update Bible Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
Webster's Bible Translation
Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:
World English Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
New King James Version
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
New Living Translation
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters.)
New Life Bible
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (who married Solomon's daughter Basemath),
New Revised Standard
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, - moreover, he, took Basemath daughter of Solomon, to wife;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Achimaas, in Nephthali: he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
Revised Standard Version
Ahi'ma-az, in Naph'tali (he had taken Bas'emath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2 These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest. 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records. 4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests. 5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king. 6 Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews. 7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year. 8 These were their names: Ben Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim. 9 Ben Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan. 10 Ben Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Naphtali: Joshua 19:32-39

the daughter: 1 Kings 4:11, 1 Samuel 18:18

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"
Leviticus 26:18
"‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord . His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's.
Psalms 59:11
Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!
Psalms 79:12
Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
Proverbs 6:31
Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali,.... Out of that tribe he made a monthly provision annually:

he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife; another daughter of Solomon's, in course of time; :-.


 
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