12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 2 Jeroboam 3 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 4 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 11 Solomon would offer up 12 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported 26 Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he 27 ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 28 2:29 When King Solomon heard 29 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 30 “Go, strike him down.”
9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 31 on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. 32
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 “which he had chosen by himself.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
3 tn Heb “the man of God.”
4 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
5 tn Heb “saying.”
6 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
4 tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”
5 tn Heb “Go to your house.”
5 tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”
6 tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.
6 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”
7 tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.
8 tn Heb “the man of God.”
9 tn Heb “came by the word of the
8 tn Heb “gave.”
9 tn Heb “spoken.”
10 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
11 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
9 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
10 tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”
11 tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the
10 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
11 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
11 tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).
12 tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 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, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.
12 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
13 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
13 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
14 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
14 tn Heb “by the word of the
15 sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.
15 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the
16 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
17 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.
16 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
17 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
18 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew
17 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
18 sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.
19 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”