1 Kings 15:10

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“and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.”

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BSBPD

“and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Maachah daughter of Abishalom.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 15:10 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 15:2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
  2. 1 Kings 15:13He 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.
  3. 1 Kings 22:42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
  4. 2 Chronicles 11:20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
  5. 2 Chronicles 13:2and 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.

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