1 Kings 15:2
“Three yeeres reigned hee in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.”
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1 Kings 15:2 Context
1Nowe in the eighteenth yeere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah. 2Three yeeres reigned hee in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3And he walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of Dauid his father. 4Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake did the Lord his God giue him a lampe in Ierusalem, to set vp his sonne after him, and to establish Ierusalem:
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Other Translations for 1 Kings 15:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- King James Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- Basic English Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, a daughter of Abishalom.
- Darby Bible
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- Webster's Bible
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- World English Bible
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 15:2
15:2 Three years - That is, part of three years. Abishalom - Or,of Absalom, as he is called #2Chron 11:21|. And because he is herementioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred orquality, some conceive that this was Absalom's daughter, called properlyTamar, #2Sam 14:27|, and from her royal grandmother, #2Sam 3:3|,Maacah.