1 Kings 1:50
1:50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
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1 Kings 11:5
11:5 Solomon worshiped
2 the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
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1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom
12:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in 4 Shechem to make Rehoboam 5 king.
1 Kings 13:10
13:10 So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
1 Kings 15:26
15:26 He did evil in the sight of
6 the
Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.
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1 Kings 15:34
15:34 He did evil in the sight of
8 the
Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.
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1 Kings 20:38
20:38 The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.
1 Kings 20:43
20:43 The king of Israel went home to Samaria
10 bitter and angry.
1 sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.
2 tn Heb “walked after.”
3 tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”
3 tn Heb “come [to].”
4 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
5 tn Heb “and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6 tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”
6 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.