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 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ⁵  him ⁶  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ⁷ )

1 Kings 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ⁸  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ⁹  because they helped me ¹⁰  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ¹¹  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ¹²  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ¹³ 

[15:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  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.

[15:10]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Or “disciplined.”

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

[2:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[2:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ¹¹ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.