Verse 10
ASA’S REIGN, 1 Kings 15:9-24.
10. His mother’s name was Maachah She was his father’s mother, (see on 1 Kings 15:2,) and therefore, properly speaking, his grandmother, as the margin rightly explains. The word אם , mother, like בן , son, and בת , daughter, is capable of such indefinite usage. Asa’s grandmother is mentioned here because of her prominent position as queen-mother, (compare 1 Kings 15:13,) and as such she probably exercised the regal functions during the earlier years of his reign, while he was yet too young.
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