1 Kings 15:2
Good News Translation
and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom.

New Revised Standard Version
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

Contemporary English Version
and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

New American Bible
he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

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He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

his mother's

1 Kings 15:13 Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

2 Chronicles 11:20-22 And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith. . . .

Maachah

2 Chronicles 13:2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Michaia, the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa: and there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel

2 Chronicles 11:21 And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

Absalom

Context
Abijam Reigns in Judah
1Now in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, Abiam reigned over Juda. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.3And 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 was the heart of David, his father.…
Cross References
1 Kings 15:10
And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

2 Chronicles 11:20
And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.

2 Chronicles 11:21
And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

2 Chronicles 13:1
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abia reigned over Juda.

2 Chronicles 13:2
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Michaia, the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa: and there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 15:1
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