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 2:13

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 3:27

3:27 The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”

1 Kings 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against ⁶  the king. He was an Ephraimite ⁷  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ⁸  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ⁹  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹⁰  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 17:23

17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹¹  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ¹²  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ¹³  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹⁵  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 2:19-20

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ¹⁷  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ¹⁸  and she sat at his right hand. 2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹⁹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²⁰  He said, ²¹  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ²²  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 19:20

19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah ²³  said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ²⁴  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ²⁵  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ²⁶  His mother was an Ammonite woman ²⁷  named Naamah.

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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.

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

⁵ tn Heb “[in] peace.”

⁷ tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

⁸ tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁰ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

¹¹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

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¹⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹⁶ tn Or “way.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

¹⁹ tn Or “meet.”

²⁰ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

²¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

²² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

²³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

²³ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁷ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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²⁹ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

³⁰ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.