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Fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםand oneוְאַחַתyearsשָׁנָהhe reignedמָלַךְin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָםAnd his mother’sוְ אִמּוֹnameשֵׁםwas Maacahמַעֲכָהdaughterבַּתof Abishalom.אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
1 Kings 15:10
Study it in the app“Forty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.”
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1 Kings 15:10, word by word
- Fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- and oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- he reignedמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- And his mother’sאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- was Maacahמַעֲכָהmaacha
Maacah
Maacah, the name of several people, men and women; among them a son of Nahor and the daughter of the king of Geshur, David's wife and Absalom's mother. Also a small kingdom in the north.
Where else “maacha” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Abishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםavishalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avishalom” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says “his mother,” and gives the same name as for the mother of Abijam, Asa’s father (verse 2). “Mother” may be said here of the grandmother, who kept the rank of “lady” of the royal house (verse 13).
Parallel passages
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The reign of Asa
2 Chronicles 14:1-52 Chronicles 15:16-19
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1 Kings 15:9-15
9In year twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa king of Judah began to reign. 10Forty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 11Asa did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, like David his father. 12He drove the sacred prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13And also Maacah his mother he removed from being lady, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. 14But the high places were not removed; only the heart of Asa was whole with YHWH all his days. 15He brought the holy things of his father and the holy things of the house of YHWH: silver and gold and vessels.
1Abijah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2Asa did what was good and what was right in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim. 3He removed the foreign altars and the high places, broke the standing stones, and cut down the Asherahs. 4He told Judah to seek YHWH, Elohim of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5He removed from all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
16And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being lady, because she had made for Asherah a horrid image; and Asa cut down her horrid image, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron. 17But the high places were not removed from Israel; only the heart of Asa was whole all his days. 18He brought into the house of Elohim the holy things of his father and his own holy things: silver and gold and vessels. 19And there was no war until year thirty-five of the reign of Asa.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
9In year twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa king of Judah began to reign.
10 · This verse (above)
11Asa did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, like David his father.