King James Version
1 Kings 15:2 in the King James Version says “Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.”
1 Kings 15:2 · KJV
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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.
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 Jerusalem: lamp: or, candle
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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