King James Version
1 Kings 15:10 in the King James Version says “And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. mother's:...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. mother's: that is, grandmother's”
1 Kings 15:10 · KJV
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. mother's: that is, grandmother's
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he in Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
“~”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“And his mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“was Maachah”
H4601maakah (or maakath), the name of a place in syria, also of a mesopotamian, of three israelites, and of four israelitesses and one syrian woman
“the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“of Abishalom”
H53abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
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