Verse 1 Kings 15:10. _HIS MOTHER'S NAME_] Our translators thought that _grandmother_ was likely to be _the meaning_, and therefore have put it in the _margin_. _THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM._] She is c...
MOTHER’S NAME - Rather, “grandmother’s.” The Jews cal any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (compare 1 Kings 15:2; Genesis 3:20). This Maachah was the favorite...
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...
_And his mother's name_was _Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom_ The most probable explanation of this clause, which is the same as in 1 Kings 15:2 above, is that the word -mother" is here used for -gr...
AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH— According to the margin of our Bibles, _mother_ signifies the same here as _grandmother._ Houbigant thinks that it should be rendered _Anah._...
C. THE REFORMATION UNDER ASA 15:9-24 At the outset of his reign, Asa launched a national movement to bring his people back to the old paths of fidelity to God. But as time went on, Asa's religious fer...
_AND FORTY AND ONE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MAACHAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ABISHALOM._ His mother's name was Maachah. She was properly his grandmother; and she is here calle...
15:10 mother's (a-10) i.e. 'grandmother's.' see ver. 2....
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...
MAACHAH] If the Maachah of 1 Kings 15:2 is meant, mother must mean 'grandmother.'...
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...
HIS MOTHER’S NAME WAS MAACHAH. — Maachah was (see 1 Kings 15:2) the wife of Rehoboam, and, therefore, grandmother of Asa. She appears, however, still to have retained the place of “queen-mother,” to t...
וְ אַרְבָּעִ֤ים וְ אַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ
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...
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his (c) mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. (c) That is, his grandmother, as David is often called the father of those who are...
_His mother's, &c. That is, his grandmother; unless we suppose, which is not improbable, that the Maacha here named is different from the Maacha mentioned [in] ver. 2. (Challoner) --- She was probably...
(9) В¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom....
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...
AND FORTY ONE YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM,.... Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded, the years of the reigns of David and Solomon: AND HIS MOTHER'S NA...
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. Ver. 10. _And forty and one years reigned he._] His father Abijam was soon cut off for...
_His mother's name_ That is, his grandmother's, as appears from 1 Kings 15:2. She is called his mother in the same sense in which David is called Abijam's father, 1 Kings 15:3; that is, his progenitor...
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...
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. Maachah was really his grandmother, but she retained her position as most influential per...
THE RULE OF ASA 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...
MOTHERS: that is, grandmother...
9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, a...
i. e. His grandmother s, as appears from 1 KINGS 15:2, who is called his mother, as David is called Abijam's father, 1 KINGS 15:3, and this Asa's father, 1 KINGS 15:11. And so the names of father, and...
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THE REIGN OF GOOD KING ASA OF JUDAH C. 911-870 BC (1 KINGS 15:9). In Asa we have the first king following David who made a genuine effort to turn the people back to YHWH. He removed the most blatant e...
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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:12. THE SODOMITES—_vide_ Notes on 1 Kings 14:24. ALL THE IDOLS—גִּלּוּלִים, a word for despicable things. The Rabbins render it mud-gods; _Ewald_ renders i...
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; 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20; 2 Chronicles 11:21;...
Mother's — That is, his grandmother's, as appears from 1 Kings 15:2, who is called his mother, as David is called Abijam's father, 1 Kings 15:3. And his grand — mother's name may be here mentioned, ra...