Bible Strands
1 Kings 4:15
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s administrative appointments during the consolidation of his kingdom. This entry identifies the official assigned to oversee the district of Naphtali.
The words — The text names אֲחִימַ֖עַץ ('a.chi.Ma.'atz), meaning Ahimaaz, and uses לָקַ֛ח (la.Kach), literally "he took," to state his marriage to Basemath.
The thread — The territory appears in Joshua 19:32 as a tribal allotment, the name Ahimaaz resurfaces in 2 Samuel 15:27 as a royal messenger, and the political marriage pattern parallels 1 Samuel 18:18.
Why it lands — The passage documents how Solomon structured governance through appointed districts and dynastic marriages. It requires the reader to observe the intersection of royal administration and family alliances in the historical record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Cross-references
- Joshua 19:32 The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
- 1 Samuel 18:18 And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
- 2 Samuel 15:27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- 1 Kings 4:11 Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);