Douay-Rheims Bible: 3 Kings — Introduction, Chapter Summaries and Notes by Richard Challoner
Chapter 15
SummaryThe acts ofAbiam and of Asa kings ofjuda. And of Nadab andBaasa kings of Israel.
[15:2] Maacha, etc. . .She is called elsewhere Mich aia, daughter of Uriel; but it was common in those days for the same person to have two names.
[15:2] Maacha, etc. . . She is called elsewhere Michaia, daughter of Uriel; but it was common in those days for the same person to have two names.
[15:10] His mother, etc. . .That is, his grandmother; unless we suppose, which is not improbable, that the Maacha here named is different from the Maacha mentioned, ver. 2.
[15:14] The high places. . . There were excelsa or high places of two different kinds. Some were set up, and dedicated to the worship of idols, or strange gods; and these Asa removed, 2 Par. 14.2; others were only altars of the true God, but were erected contrary to the law, which allowed of no sacrifices but in the temple; and these were not removed by Asa. — Ibid. Perfect with the Lord. . .Asa had his faults; but never forsook the worship of the Lord.