1 Kings 15:2
Three years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 son of Nebat, began Abijah to reign over Judah.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:10and, forty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
1 Kings 22:42Jehoshaphat, was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and, twenty-five years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 13:2three years, reigned he in Jerusalem, and, the name of his mother, was Maacah, 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 →