1 Raja-raja 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ¹  King Solomon conscripted ²  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ³  and the cities of ⁴  Hazor, ⁵  Megiddo, ⁶  and Gezer.

1 Raja-raja 9:17-18

9:17 Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon, 9:18 Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 15:17

15:17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁹  from Shemer for two talents ¹⁰  of silver. He launched a construction project there ¹¹  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Raja-raja 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ¹²  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ¹³  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 11:5-12

11:5 Solomon worshiped ¹⁵  the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ¹⁶  11:6 Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; ¹⁷  he did not remain loyal to ¹⁸  the Lord, like his father David had. 11:7 Furthermore, ¹⁹  on the hill east of Jerusalem ²⁰  Solomon built a high place ²¹  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ²²  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ²³  11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ²⁴ 

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ²⁵  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ²⁶  11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. ²⁷  But he did not obey ²⁸  the Lord’s command. 11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ²⁹  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 11:12 However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

[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.

[9:18]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “in the wilderness, in the land.”

[15:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

[16:24]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

[16:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

[16:2]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

[16:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

[16:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

[11:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “walked after.”

[11:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”

[11:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[11:6]  ¹⁸ tn The idiomatic statement reads in Hebrew, “he did not fill up after.”

[11:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “then.”

[11:7]  ²⁰ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

[11:7]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:7]  ²¹ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

[11:7]  ²² tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

[11:7]  ²³ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

[11:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

[11:9]  ²⁵ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ²⁶ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[11:10]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”

[11:10]  ²⁸ tn Or “keep.”

[11:11]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”