Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Three years reigned he—(compare I Kings 15:1 with I Kings 15:9). Parts of years are often counted in Scripture as whole years. The reign began in Jeroboam's eighteenth year, continued till the nineteenth, and ended in the course of the twentieth.
his mother's name was Maachah—or Michaiah (II Chronicles 13:2), probably altered from the one to the other on her becoming queen, as was very common under a change of circumstances. She is called the daughter of Abishalom, or Absalom (II Chronicles 11:21), of Uriel (II Chronicles 13:2). Hence, it has been thought probable that Tamar, the daughter of Absalom (II Samuel 14:27; II Samuel 18:18), had been married to Uriel, and that Maachah was their daughter.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 15:2:
1 Kings 15:1
1 Kings 16:8
2 Chronicles 13:2
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