1 Kings 11:43--12:1

11:43 Then Solomon passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. ²  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ³ 

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 12:3

12:3 They sent for him, ⁶  and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 14:25

14:25 In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

1 Kings 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ⁷  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ⁸  lifetime.

[11:43]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:43]  ² 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]  ³ 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.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “come [to].”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

[15:6]  ¹⁰ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

[15:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.