1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ²  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ³  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:13-17

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave ⁵  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

11:14 The Lord brought ⁶  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king. 11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, ⁷  Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. 11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ⁸  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ⁹  11:17 Hadad, ¹⁰  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ¹¹ 

[12:27]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ² tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

[12:2]  ³ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

[12:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

[11:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “give.”

[11:14]  ⁶ tn Or “raised up.”

[11:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

[11:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and all Israel.”

[11:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

[11:17]  ¹⁰ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

[11:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”