1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ² 

1 Kings 15:10

15:10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. ³  His grandmother ⁴  was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁵  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁶ 

1 Kings 15:15-19

15:15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. ⁷ 

15:16 Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other. ⁸  15:17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ⁹  15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹⁰  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: 15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ¹¹  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ¹² 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

⁷ tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things (into) the house of the Lord, silver, gold, and items.” Instead of “his holy things,” a marginal reading (Qere) in the Hebrew text has “the holy things of [the house of the Lord].”

⁸ tn Heb “There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

¹¹ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

¹² tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”