1 Kings 15:2
For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
In Context
1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:10And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
1 Kings 22:42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 13:2He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:2-9
Abijam's Reign. ( b. c. 958.) 1 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 And 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. 4 Nevertheless 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… Read the whole commentary →