1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ²  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ³  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ⁴  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ⁵  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ⁶  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ⁷  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ⁸  His mother was an Ammonite woman ⁹  named Naamah.

¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

² tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

³ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”

⁵ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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 Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

⁸ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.