1 Kings 12:26

12:26 Jeroboam then thought to himself: ¹  “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom. ² 

1 Kings 14:30

14:30 Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

1 Kings 12:3

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

1 Kings 13:34

13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty ⁴  to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 14:16-17

14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies ⁵  because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

14:17 So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to ⁶  Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

1 Kings 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ⁷  became king over Judah.

1 Kings 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ⁸  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ⁹  lifetime.

1 Kings 15:34

15:34 He did evil in the sight of ¹⁰  the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. ¹¹ 

[12:26]  ¹ tn Heb “said in his heart.”

[12:26]  ² tn Heb “Now the kingdom could return to the house of David.” The imperfect verbal form translated “could return” is understood as having a potential force here. Perhaps this is not strong enough; another option is “will return.”

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

[13:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he will give [up] Israel.”

[14:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “went and entered.”

[15:1]  ¹¹ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[15:6]  ¹³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

[15:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:34]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[15:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”