1 Kings 4:15

1 Kings 4:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
• New International Version (NIV)Ahimaaz—in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

Context of 1 Kings 4:15

13Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon); 16Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth; 17Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

1 Kings 4:15 word by word

אֲחִימַ֖עַץ בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י גַּם־ה֗וּא לָקַ֛ח אֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאִשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֫עַץ'ăchîyma‛ats · AhimaazH290
• in Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321
• heהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• ·גַּםgam · alsoH1571
• had marriedלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• ·אִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• Basemathבָּֽשְׂמַתboώmath · BasemathH1315
• a daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010

Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:15

• Joshua 19:32The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
• 1 Kings 4:11Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
• 1 Samuel 18:18And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-19The twelve district governors likely managed smaller tasks, like collecting taxes and supplying food for the king's household. Solomon's twelve districts did not match the old tribal areas exactly.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 4:15

• Ahimaaz
• Basmath
• Canaan
• Commissary
• King
• Officer
• Purveyor
• Rulers
• Solomon
• Tax

In the dictionaries

• Naphtali
• Solomon
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 4

• 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