1 Kings 15:10

1 Kings 15:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
• New International Version (NIV)and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

Context of 1 Kings 15:10

8Abijam slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the City of David. Asa his son became king in his place. 9So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king over Judah. He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His [great-grand]mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom (Absalom). 11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father (forefather) David. 12He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made.

1 Kings 15:10 word by word

וְאַרְבָּעִ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת־אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• and oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• he in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• And his mother’sאֵם'êm · motherH517
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Abishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹם'ăbîyshâlôm 'abshâlôm · AbsalomH53

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:10

• 1 Kings 15:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah [grand]daughter of Abishalom (Absalom).
• 2 Chronicles 11:20After her he took Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
• 2 Chronicles 13:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam [of Israel].

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10His 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Mother‘s name - Rather, “grandmother‘s.” The Jews cal any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (compare 1 Kings 15:2; Genesis 3:20). This Maachah was the favorite wife of Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-24Verses 9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, and a great deal he found to do. When Asa found idolatry in the court, he rooted it out thence. Reformation must begin at home. Asa honours and respects his mother; he loves her well, but he loves God better. Those that have power are happy when thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10forty-one years: For the first ten years of Asa's reign, there was peace (2 Chronicles 14:1–7). This peace might be because his father decisively defeated Jeroboam.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:10

• Abishalom
• Asa
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Maachah

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Asa
• Baasha
• Proclamation
• Abijah
• Abishag
• Absalom (1)
• Mother
• Queen Mother
• Relationships, Family

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings