From being queen] i.e. from being queen dowager: see on 1 Kings 2:19. An idol in a grove] better, 'an abominable image for Asherah.' The term Asherah here seems to mean not an emblem but a goddess: cp. 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 21:7. By the brook Kidron] better, 'in the torrent valley of the Kidron,' i.e. the ravine E. of Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives (mod. Wâdy Sitti Maryam).
Verse 1 Kings 15:13. _SHE HAD MADE AN IDOL IN A GROVE_] The original word, מפלצת _miphletseth_, is variously understood. I shall give its different views in the versions:- "Besides, he removed his mo...
Asa degraded Maachah from the rank and state of queen-mother. The word translated “idol” both here and in the parallel passage (marginal reference), does not occur elsewhere in Scripture. It is derive...
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 also Maachah_ Here, as above, the LXX. has _Ana_. _his mother, even her he removed_ The R.V. omits -even her". The Hebrew has this construction, but it is Hebrew, not English, though like severa...
MAACHAH HIS MOTHER—HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE AN IDOL IN A GROVE— The word which we render idol, is in the original מפלצת _mepletzet,_ the signification of which has been doubte...
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 ALSO MAACHAH HIS MOTHER, EVEN HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE AN IDOL IN A GROVE; AND ASA DESTROYED HER IDOL, AND BURNT IT BY THE BROOK KIDRON._ Also Maachah his mother ......
15:13 queen, (b-10) Strictly, 'mistress.' It was a position similar to that of an empress-mother in China. see ch 2.19; for Asherah, see Exodus 34:13 ; Judges 2:13 ....
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...
AN IDOL IN A GROVE. — The original word for “idol” — peculiar to this passage and its parallel (2 Chronicles 15:16) — appears to signify a “horrible abomination” of some monstrous kind; and instead of...
וְ גַ֣ם ׀ אֶת ־מַעֲכָ֣ה אִמֹּ֗ו וַ יְסִרֶ֨הָ֙
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 also Maachah his mother, even her he (d) removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron. (d) Neither kindred n...
Priapus. He would not spare such abominations in his own family. (Menochius) He took from his mother the direction of the palace, (Vatable) and her guards. (Grotius) --- Hebrew, "even her he removed f...
(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 ALSO MAACHAH HIS MOTHER, EVEN HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN,.... From the kingdom, as the Targum; from having any share in the government, as she might have had during his minority, his mother b...
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron. Ver. 13. _From being quee...
_Her he removed from being queen_ He took from her either the name and authority of queen regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's wife, and Abijam's mother, took to herself during Asa's minority, or...
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 also Maachah, his mother (grandmother), EVEN HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, from occupying her position of honor and influence at court, BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE AN IDOL IN A GROVE, erected a monume...
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...
DESTROYED: _ Heb._ cut off...
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...
HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, i.e. he took from her either the name and authority of queen-regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's wife, and Abijam's mother, took to herself during Asa's minority...
1 Kings 15:13 removed H5493 (H8686) Maachah H4601 grandmother H517 queen H1377 made H6213 (H8804) image H4656 Ashe
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...
_Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord._ THE CHARACTER OF ASA In Asa, King of Judah, we have one of the most melancholy, yet perhaps one of the most marvellous instances on record in t...
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 15:13 The QUEEN MOTHER served as an adviser of the king and as teacher of the royal children. ABOMINABLE IMAGE FOR ASHERAH. This is another object associated with the worship o...
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 15:10; 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 15:16;...
He removed — He took from her either the name and authority of queen regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's wife, and Abijam's mother, took to herself during Asa's minority; or, the dignity of the...