1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” 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 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁴  King Solomon conscripted ⁵  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁶  and the cities of ⁷  Hazor, ⁸  Megiddo, ⁹  and Gezer.

Proverbs 15:22

15:22 Plans fail ¹⁰  when there is no counsel,

but with abundant advisers they are established. ¹¹ 

Philemon 1:8-9

Paul’s Request for Onesimus

1:8 So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper, 1:9 I would rather appeal ¹²  to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man ¹³  and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus ¹⁴  –

¹ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

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 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

⁵ tn Heb “raised up.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

⁹ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

¹⁰ tn Heb “go wrong” (so NRSV, NLT). The verb is the Hiphil infinitive absolute from פָּרַר, parar, which means “to break; to frustrate; to go wrong” (HALOT 975 s.v. I פרר 2). The plans are made ineffectual or are frustrated when there is insufficient counsel.

¹¹ sn The proverb says essentially the same thing as 11:14, but differently.

¹² tn Or “encourage.”

¹³ tn Or perhaps “an ambassador” (so RSV, TEV), reading πρεσβευτής for πρεσβύτης (a conjecture proposed by Bentley, cf. BDAG 863 s.v. πρεσβύτης). NRSV reads “old man” and places “ambassador” in a note.

¹⁴ tn Grk “a prisoner of Christ Jesus.”