1 Kings 11:39-43

11:39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, ¹  but not forever.” ²  11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. ³  He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

Solomon’s Reign Ends

11:41 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon. ⁴  11:42 Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem ⁵  for forty years. 11:43 Then Solomon passed away ⁶  and was buried in the city of his father David. ⁷  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ⁸ 

[11:39]  ¹ sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.

[11:39]  ² tn Heb “but not all the days.”

[11:40]  ³ tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”

[11:41]  ⁴ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, and all which he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the scroll of the events of Solomon?”

[11:42]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:43]  ⁷ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[11:43]  ⁸ tc Before this sentence the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it so happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard – now he was in Egypt where he had fled from before Solomon and was residing in Egypt – he came straight to his city in the land of Sarira which is on mount Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers.”