1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

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 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ³  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ⁴ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ⁵  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁶ 

1 Kings 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him ⁷  because they have ⁸  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions ⁹  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 12:24

12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ¹¹  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ¹² 

1 Kings 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ¹³  Jeroboam ¹⁴  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ¹⁵  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 14:10

14:10 So I am ready to bring disaster ¹⁶  on the dynasty ¹⁷  of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. ¹⁸  I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁰  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²¹  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²²  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²³ 

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ²⁴  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²⁵  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ²⁶  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ²⁷ 

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ²⁸  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ²⁹  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

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 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

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 “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

⁷ tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

⁹ tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”

⁹ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”

¹¹ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹³ sn Disaster. There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The word translated “disaster” (רָעָה, ra’ah) is from the same root as the expression “you have sinned” in v. 9 (וַתָּרַע [vattara’], from רָעַע, [ra’a’]). Jeroboam’s sins would receive an appropriate punishment.

¹⁴ tn Heb “house.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and I will cut off from Jeroboam those who urinate against a wall (including both those who are) restrained and let free (or “abandoned”) in Israel.” The precise meaning of the idiomatic phrase עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (’atsur vÿ’azuv) is uncertain. For various options see HALOT 871 s.v. עצר 6 and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 107. The two terms are usually taken as polar opposites (“slaves and freemen” or “minors and adults”), but Cogan and Tadmor, on the basis of contextual considerations (note the usage with אֶפֶס [’efes], “nothing but”) in Deut 32:36 and 2 Kgs 14:26, argue convincingly that the terms are synonyms, meaning “restrained and abandoned,” and refer to incapable or incapacitated individuals.

¹⁶ tn The traditional view understands the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean “burn.” Manure was sometimes used as fuel (see Ezek 4:12, 15). However, an alternate view takes בָּעַר as a homonym meaning “sweep away” (HALOT 146 s.v. II בער). In this case one might translate, “I will sweep away the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one sweeps away manure it is gone” (cf. ASV, NASB, TEV). Either metaphor emphasizes the thorough and destructive nature of the coming judgment.

¹⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

¹⁷ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

¹⁸ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

²⁰ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “elders.”

²⁰ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”