KJV King James Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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1 Kings 15:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
WEB World English Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
ASV American Standard Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Maachah daughter of Abishalom;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 15
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
5 Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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2 Chronicles 13:2He 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.2 Chronicles 11:20-22And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.1 Kings 15:13And 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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