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A Grandmother, Not a Mother
Commentators unanimously point out that the term "mother" here actually refers to Asa's grandmother, Maacah. She was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of the previous king, Abijam. This highlights how biblical language often uses family terms more broadly than we do today.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 15:10
18th Century
Theologian
Mother’s name - Rather, “grandmother’s.” The Jews call any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (Compar…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 15:10
19th Century
Bishop
His mother’s name was Maachah. —Maachah was (see 1 Kings 15:2) the wife of Rehoboam, and, therefore, grandmother of Asa. She a…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 15:10
17th Century
Pastor
And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem
Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and ev…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 15:9–24
17th Century
Minister
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is right in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He remove…