1 Kings 1:50

1:50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ¹ 

1 Kings 11:5

11:5 Solomon worshiped ²  the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ³ 

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom

12:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in ⁴  Shechem to make Rehoboam ⁵  king.

1 Kings 13:10

13:10 So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

1 Kings 15:26

15:26 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ⁷ 

1 Kings 15:34

15:34 He did evil in the sight of ⁸  the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ⁹ 

1 Kings 20:38

20:38 The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

1 Kings 20:43

20:43 The king of Israel went home to Samaria ¹⁰  bitter and angry.

[1:50]  ¹ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[11:5]  ² tn Heb “walked after.”

[11:5]  ³ tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”

[12:1]  ³ tn Heb “come [to].”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

[15:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

[20:43]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.