1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ¹  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ²  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ³ 

1 Kings 2:38

2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. ⁴  Your servant will do as you say.” ⁵  So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. ⁶ 

1 Kings 10:26-27

10:26 Solomon accumulated ⁷  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ⁸  10:27 The king made silver as plentiful ⁹  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ¹⁰  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ¹²  on the hill east of Jerusalem ¹³  Solomon built a high place ¹⁴  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ¹⁵  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹⁷  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

⁴ tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

⁵ tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

⁶ tn Heb “many days.”

⁷ tn Or “gathered.”

⁸ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

¹⁰ tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “he made.”

¹² tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

¹³ tn Heb “then.”

¹⁴ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

¹⁵ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

¹⁶ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

¹⁷ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

¹⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.