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);
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters.)

Context of 1 Kings 4:15

13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 17Jehoshaphat the 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֫עַץ'ăchîyma‛ats · AhimaazH290
• in Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321
• he also tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• Basmathבָּֽשְׂמַתboώmath · BasemathH1315
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• to wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:15

• Joshua 19:32The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans.
• 1 Kings 4:11Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
• 1 Samuel 18:18And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to 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
• Bashemath
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• Ahimaaz
• Deer
• Genealogy
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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