1 Kings 15:2

1 Kings 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Three 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 three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

Context of 1 Kings 15:2

1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah [grand]daughter of Abishalom (Absalom). 3He walked in all the sins [of idol worship] that his father [Rehoboam] committed before him; and his heart was not entirely devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father (forefather) David. 4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp (descendant on the throne) in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,

1 Kings 15:2 word by word

שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת־אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• 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 15:2

• 1 Kings 15:13He also deposed his [great-grand]mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid (obscene, vulgar) image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her horrid image, and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
• 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].
• 2 Chronicles 11:21Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines—for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Three 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Abijam’s mother was Maacah. Maacah was Rehoboam’s favorite among his eighteen wives. She was the granddaughter of Absalom, likely David’s son. Maacah worshiped idols and negatively influenced Judah's spirituality (1 Kings 15:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Three years reigned he--(compare 1Ki 15:1 with 1Ki 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 (2Ch 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:2

• Abijam
• Abishalom
• Absalom
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Maachah

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Abijah
• Baasha
• Maachah
• Proclamation
• Abishag
• Absalom (1)
• Micaiah
• 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