Bible Strands
1 Kings 15:10
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the regnal data for King Asa of Judah immediately after noting his accession in the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign (1 Kings 15:9).
The words — מָלַ֖ךְ (ma.Lakh) = he reigned and אִמּ֔/וֹ ('i.M/o) = his mother anchor the formula, though the supplied English translation renders the familial term as grandmother.
The thread — The reign length and maternal name recur in the royal genealogical records of 1 Kings 15:2, 1 Kings 15:13, and 2 Chronicles 11:20.
Why it lands — It establishes Asa’s official tenure and lineage before the text evaluates his moral conduct (1 Kings 15:11).
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 15:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:13 He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.