1 Kings 11:40

11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

1 Kings 14:24-26

14:24 There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

14:25 In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 14:26 He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.


tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”

tc The Old Greek translation has “a conspiracy” rather than “male cultic prostitutes.”

tn Heb “they did according to all the abominable acts of the nations.”