Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
Parallel translations
- KJV Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
- BSB Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
- NKJV Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
- NASB Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
- NLT Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters.)
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 4:11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
- Josh 19:32–39The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
- 2 Sam 15:27The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 1 Sam 18:18David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
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