Three years — That is, part of three years. Abishalom — Or, of Absalom, as he is called 2 Chronicles 11:21. And because he is here mentioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred or quality, some conceive that this was Absalom's daughter, called properly Tamar, 2 Samuel 14:27, and from her royal grandmother, 2 Samuel 3:3, Maacah.
THREE YEARS - More strictly, not much more than two years (compare 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 15:9). Any part of a year may, however, in Jewish reckoning, be taken as a year. HIS MOTHER’S NAME WAS MAACHAH...
4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...
3. ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Abijam of Judah (1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13)_ 2. Asa of Judah (1 Kings 15:9;...
ABIJAM AND ASA OF JUDAH, AND NADAB AND BAASHA OF ISRAEL. Abijam, called Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:1), had a short and evil reign. It would appear, notwithstanding 1 Kings 15:8, that he was succeeded by...
THREE YEARS. Not full years, for he died in the twentieth year of Jeroboam (1 Kings 15:9). MOTHER'S. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus) for ancestor. Here. grandmother. Maachah, or Michai...
_Three years reigned he_ If he began his reign in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam, and was succeeded by Asa (1 Kings 15:9) in the twentieth year of the same king, the three years cannot have been comp...
C. HYPOCRISY UNDER ABIJAM 15:1-8 TRANSLATION (1) Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah. (2) Three years he reigned in Jerusalem; and the name of his moth...
_THREE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM._ Three years reigned he - (cf. 1 Kings 15:1 with 1 Kings 15:9.) Parts of years are counted in Scrip...
15:2 Abishalom. (b-16) i.e. Absalom. see 2 Samuel 3:3 ....
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, NADAB AND BAASHA 2. Abishalom] i.e. Absalom. In 2 Chronicles 13:2 his mother is called Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, and if this is correct, Absalom was probably her g...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 ABIJAM’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 It was the 18th year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat. At this time, Abijam became king of *Ju...
MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM. — The _Abishalom_ of this passage, called, in 2 Chronicles 11:20, _Absalom_, is in all probability the rebel son of David, whose mother (2 Samuel 3:3) was also name...
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ...
A BETTER DAY DAWNS 1 Kings 15:1 Again we meet with those references to David that we found in the previous chapter. See 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 15:11. His name lingers as sweet fragrance in the air, or...
In this chapter we have the continuation of a sad story in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Under the reign of Abijam the process of deterioration went rapidly forward. He walked in the sins of his f...
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of (a) Abishalom. (a) Some think that this was Absalom Solomon's son....
Years, wanting some months. Maacha. She is called elsewhere, Michaia, daughter of Uriel; but is was a common thing, in those days, for a person to have two names. (Challoner) --- Abessalom and Absalom...
(1) В¶ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. (2) Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. (3...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...
THREE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM,.... And three only; his reign was short, and indeed not three full years, only one whole year and part of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentie...
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. Ver. 2. His mother's name was Maachah.] Called also Micalah; 2Ch 13:2 we read likewise of a woman...
_Reigned Abijam over Judah_ So his reign began with Jeroboam's eighteenth year, continued his whole nineteenth year, and ended within his twentieth year, in which also Asa's reign began; and thus one...
1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to make a league with Benhadad. 23 Iehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadabs wicke...
Three years, a very short period, REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM, a granddaughter of Absalom, the son of David, and the daughter of Uriel of Gibe...
THE RULE OF ABIJAM IN JUDAH...
ABIJAM'S MUCH SHORTER REIGN (vs.1-8) Though Rehoboam's reign was short, that of Abijam was much shorter, only three years (v.2). His mother's name was Maacah, who must have had no good influence ove...
1-8 Abijam's heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he wanted sincerity; he began well, but he fell off, and walked in all the sins of his father, following his bad example, though he had seen...
THREE YEARS: SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 15:1". OF ABISHALOM, or, of _Absalom_, as he is called, 2 CHRONICLES 11:21. And because he is here mentioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred o...
1 Kings 15:2 reigned H4427 (H8804) three H7969 years H8141 Jerusalem H3389 mothers H517 name H8034 Maachah H4601 gran
THE REIGN OF ABIYAM OF JUDAH C. 913-911/910 BC (1 KINGS 15:1). The reign of Abiyam was very short, possibly cut off by illness, and during it he made no effort to improve the nation's attitude towards...
CONTENTS: Accession of Abijam and Asa over Judah. War with Baasha. League with Syria. Accession of Nadab over Israel and Baasha over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha, Ben-hadad. C...
1 Kings 15:4. _For David's sake;_ for the sake of the covenant which God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their father's mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:1 Abijam and Asa. The history of the kings of Judah continues. Abijam (vv. 1 Kings 15:1) is a bad Judean king. He follows the idolatry of the
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:2 If ABISHALOM is the same as David’s son Absalom, one should remember that the Hebrew terms DAUGHTER and FATHER (as well as “mother,” v....
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM, ASA, NADAB, AND BAASHA CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:1. ABIJAM—Original form of his name was Abijah (2 Chronicles 12:16), the sacred terminal “_jah_” being connect...
EXPOSITION THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH. _The Reign of Abijam_. 1 KINGS 15:1 NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, REIGNED ABIJAM [see n
And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave hi...
1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 11:20; 2 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Chronicles 13:2...