3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David 1 until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 3 Jeroboam 4 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 5 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
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 “which he had chosen by himself.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.