So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 2
12:25 4 Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
1 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”
2 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”
3 tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”
5 tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.
7 tn Heb “look.”