1 Kings 15:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה
ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh
Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Study H53 →אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh
Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine
Study H62 →מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
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