1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ²  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ³  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. ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:13-17

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave ⁵  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

11:14 The Lord brought ⁶  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king. 11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ⁷  Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. 11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ⁸  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ⁹  11:17 Hadad, ¹⁰  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ¹¹ 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

³ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

⁴ 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).

⁵ tn Heb “give.”

⁶ tn Or “raised up.”

⁷ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

⁸ tn Heb “and all Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

¹⁰ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

¹¹ tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”