King James Version
1 Kings 4:15 in the King James Version says “Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:”
1 Kings 4:15 · KJV
The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead ; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: The son: or, Ben Geber
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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“was in Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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