1 Kings 3:1
Context3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David 1 until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2
1 Kings 12:33
Context12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 3 Jeroboam 4 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 5 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.


[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.
[12:33] 3 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
[12:33] 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:33] 5 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.