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1 Kings 15:2

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

KJV

Tribus annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Maacha filia Abessalom.

Vulgate

καὶ ἓξ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν· καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μααχά, θυγάτηρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ.

LXX

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

ASV

שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/שֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔/וֹ מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
מַעֲכָ֔ה
m'kh
proper_noun · 23×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 15:10 — And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
  • 2Chr 13:2 — He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
  • 2Chr 15:16 — And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook K