Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Mother' s name - Rather, "grandmother' s." The Jews cal any male ancestor, however remote, a father, and any female ancestor a mother (compare I Kings 15:2; Genesis 3:20). This Maachah was the favorite wife of Rehoboam II Chronicles 11:21, and the mother of Abijam. The way in which she is here mentioned strongly favors the notion that the position of queen-mother was a definite one at the court, and could only be held by one person at a time.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 15:10:
1 Kings 16:29
2 Kings 24:8
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