He reigned three years in Jerusalem. (A)His mother’s name was (B)Maachah the granddaughter of (C)Abishalom.

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and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah(A) daughter of Abishalom.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 15:2 A variant of Absalom; also in verse 10

10 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

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10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah(A) daughter of Abishalom.

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13 Also he removed (A)Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [a]Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and (B)burned it by the Brook Kidron.

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  1. 1 Kings 15:13 A Canaanite goddess

13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah(A) from her position as queen mother,(B) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down(C) and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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