The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:15 Explained

1 Kings 4:15

KJV: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

YLT: Ahimaaz is in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.

Darby: Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.

ASV: Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ahimaaz  [was] in Naphtali;  he also took  Basmath  the daughter  of Solomon  to wife: 

What does 1 Kings 4:15 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 4:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 4

1  Solomon's princes
7  His twelve officers for provision
20  The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22  His daily provision
26  His stable
29  His wisdom

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 4:15 mean?

Ahimaaz in Naphtali also he took - Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife
אֲחִימַ֖עַץ בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י גַּם־ ה֗וּא לָקַ֛ח אֶת־ בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאִשָּֽׁה

אֲחִימַ֖עַץ  Ahimaaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲחִימַעַץ  
Sense: father-in-law of Saul.
בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י  in  Naphtali 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַפְתָּלִי  
Sense: the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
לָקַ֛ח  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בָּשְׂמַ֥ת  Basemath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּשְׂמַת  
Sense: Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth.
בַּת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה  of  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
לְאִשָּֽׁה  as  wife 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.

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