1 Kings 12:19-20

12:19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day. 12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 1 

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 2  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. 3 

1 Kings 10:15-19

10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, 4  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land. 10:16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures 5  of gold were used for each shield. 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 6  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 7 

10:18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 8 

1 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

2 tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

3 tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

4 tn Heb “traveling men.”

5 tn The Hebrew text has simply “six hundred,” with no unit of measure given.

6 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

7 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

8 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”