1 Kings 15:10

10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s ^[a] name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:10

And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem
Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded, the years of the reigns of David and Solomon:

and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom;
that is the name of his grandmother, see ( 1 Kings 15:2 ) she is called his mother, not because she brought him forth, but because she brought him up; and this is observed to his commendation, that though he was educated by an idolatrous woman, yet was not corrupted by her as his father was.

1 Kings 15:10 In-Context

8 And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

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

11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or The queen mother’s; Hebrew His mother’s; see verses 2 and 13.