1 Kings 15:11-13 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the Sodomites [see on 1 Kings 14:24 , and Romans 1:23-27 . It appears from 1 Kings 22:46 that this abomination was not wholly suppressed] out of the land, and removed all the idols [ גִּלֻּלִים from גָּלַל volvit A term of contempt (see Deuteronomy 29:17 , where it is coupled with "abominations; " Ezekiel 23:37 ); but whether the word is to be interpreted by גֵּלֶל a ball of dung, in which case these idols ( Dei stereorei ) would have a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:13

And also Maachah his mother, oven her he removed from being queen [Rather, queen-mother . Gebiruh, as already pointed out on 1 Kings 2:19 , answers to the Sultana Valide . The Vulgate reads, Ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi . Wordsworth reminds us of the position which the queen-mother Atossa holds in the Persae . A queen consort is hardly possible in a polygamous household; see Kitto, 4:177] because [Heb. which, as in verse 5] she had made all idol [ מִפְלֶצֶת from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

Asa degraded Maachah from the rank and state of queen-mother.The word translated “idol” both here and in the parallel passage (marginal reference), does not occur elsewhere in Scripture. It is derived from a root signifying “fear” or “trembling,” and may perhaps best be understood as “a fright, a horror.” Such a name would seem best to apply to a grotesque and hideous image like the Phthah of the Egyptians. She made it to serve in lieu of the ordinary “grove” - asherah, or idolatrous emblem of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:10-11

1 Kings 15:10-11. His mother’s name That is, his grandmother’s, as appears from 1 Kings 15:2. She is called his mother in the same sense in which David is called Abijam’s father, 1 Kings 15:3; that is, his progenitor. And his grandmother’s name may be here mentioned, rather than his mother’s, because his mother was either an obscure person, or was dead, or unwilling to take care of the education of her son, and so he was educated by the grandmother, who, though she poisoned his father... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:12

1 Kings 15:12. He took away the sodomites All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from 1 Kings 22:46. And removed all the idols his father had made If his father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:13

1 Kings 15:13. Her he removed from being queen He took from her either the name and authority of queen regent, which she, having been Rehoboam’s wife, and Abijam’s mother, took to herself during Asa’s minority, or the dignity of the queen-mother, and those guards, or instruments of power, which she had enjoyed and misemployed. She had made an idol Hebrew, a terror, or horror, that is, a horrible idol; which, it may be, is so called, because it was of a more terrible shape than... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

Asa’s reformation in Judah (15:9-24)Judah’s new king, Asa, spent the first ten years of his reign getting rid of Canaanite religious practices and strengthening the nation’s defences. Strong faith and a strong fighting force enabled him to defeat a huge army that invaded Judah from the south. Plunder seized at the time enriched Judah considerably (2 Chronicles 14:1-15).A prophet pointed out how this victory proved that, as in the time of the judges, God blessed those who trusted in him in their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 15:11

right. Therefore his days "long in the land" (1 Kings 15:23 ). Contemporary with seven Israelite kings. idols = filthy idols. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

1 Kings 15:13. Maachah his mother—he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove— The word which we render idol, is in the original מפלצת mepletzet, the signification of which has been doubted. The Vulgate, however, has in a great measure cleared the matter, by rendering the passage that this queen-mother was the high priestess in the sacrifices of Priapus; and when the LXX, according to the Vatican copy, informs us, that she held an assembly in this grove, and that her... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

13. also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen—The sultana, or queen dowager, was not necessarily the king's natural mother (see :-), nor was Maachah. Her title, and the privileges connected with that honor and dignity which gave her precedency among the ladies of the royal family, and great influence in the kingdom, were taken away. She was degraded for her idolatry. because she had made an idol in a grove—A very obscene figure, and the grove was devoted to the grossest... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:10-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 15:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

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