1 Kings 14:25

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

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ¹  on the hill east of Jerusalem ²  Solomon built a high place ³  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁴  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 11:13

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave ⁶  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty ⁷  in Jerusalem by giving him a son ⁸  to succeed him ⁹  and by protecting Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ¹² 

1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ¹³  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ¹⁴  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ¹⁵ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ¹⁶  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ¹⁸  King Solomon conscripted ¹⁹  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ²⁰  and the cities of ²¹  Hazor, ²²  Megiddo, ²³  and Gezer.

1 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, ²⁴  the supervisor of the work crews, ²⁵  out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ²⁶ 

1 Kings 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ²⁷  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ²⁸  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ²⁹  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

[11:7]  ¹ tn Heb “then.”

[11:7]  ² sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

[11:7]  ³ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

[11:13]  ¹ tn Heb “give.”

[15:4]  ¹ tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

[15:4]  ² tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”

[15:4]  ³ tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”

[3:1]  ¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ² tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:1]  ¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[9:15]  ¹ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ² tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ⁴ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[12:18]  ¹ tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.

[12:18]  ² sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.

[12:18]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[12:28]  ¹ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:28]  ² tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.