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1 Kings 15:2 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 15 · verse 2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.1 Kings 15:2 · King James Version
1 Kings 15:2 in context
1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- AbishalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- MaachahMaʻăkâhMaakah , the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and…H4601 →
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We have here a short account of the short reign of Abijam the son of Rehoboam king of Judah. He makes a better figure, 2 Chr. 13, where we have an account of his war with Jeroboam, the speech which he made before the armies engaged, and the wonderful victory he obtained by the help of God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8