1 Kings 12:3

12:3 They sent for him, ¹  and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kings 18:28

18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ²  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ³ 

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ⁴ 

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ⁵  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ⁶  around on the altar they had made. ⁷ 

[12:3]  ¹ tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

[18:28]  ² tn Or “as was their custom.”

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

[12:20]  ³ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

[18:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ⁶ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.