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At the close of the previous chapter\u2014almost as an afterthought to the story of Jeroboam \u2014we read about Rehoboam and how, under his reign, Judah committed many of the same crimes that were being committed elsewhere in Israel under Jeroboam. At the very end of the chapter, Rehoboam died and was succeeded by his son Abijam. Here is where our chapter picks up the narrative thread, and here is where we get entangled in a web of seemingly incompatible identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to verse 2, Abijam\u2019s mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. Yet, when he died and was succeeded by his son Asa, we read in verse 10 that Asa\u2019s mother was also named Maacah daughter of Abishalom. To complicate matters further, the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles reports that Abijah\u2019s mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel (13:2), while Asa\u2019s mother is still listed as Maacah (15:16).<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless Abijah and Asa were actually brothers, rather than father and son\u2014something that runs counter to the explicit sense of the biblical text and has to be discounted\u2014how can we reconcile these discrepancies? Indeed, Radak offered more than one way out of this maze. In his commentary to 2 Chronicles 13:2, he wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

Micaiah bat Uriel is Maacah bat Abishalom mentioned above (11:20). Both she and her father were known by two names. [Indeed,] Micaiah and Maacah resemble one another. There are many such instances in this book wherein one person is known by two names.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in his commentary to our chapter he wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

Maacah was not Asa\u2019s mother, but his grandmother, and a grandmother can also be called a mother\u2026 [Scripture] related Asa to his grandmother because she worshipped idols\u2026 and yet he did right in the eyes of God and did not follow after her.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we read further in our chapter about Asa: \u201cHe also deposed his mother Maacah from the rank of queen mother, because she had made an abominable thing for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her abominable thing and burnt it in the Wadi Kidron\u201d (13).<\/span><\/p>\n

NB<\/span><\/p>\n

In a note to our comments on chapter 3, we cited \u201ca trope that will recur throughout the Book of Kings: A king will be acknowledged for all his meritorious deeds, but a caveat will follow to the effect that \u2018however, the platforms were not removed; the people continued offering sacrifices and incense on the platforms\u2019.\u201d Verse 14 of our chapter is but the first.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":59160,"id":59160,"title":"isam28-jewish mother","filename":"isam28-jewish-mother.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/isam28-jewish-mother.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/creepy-spirit-raising-necromancer-jewish-mother\/isam28-jewish-mother\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"isam28-jewish-mother","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":59159,"date":"2019-07-09 12:47:54","modified":"2022-02-19 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