1 Raja-raja 12:26-33
Konteks12:26 Jeroboam then thought to himself: 1 “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom. 2 12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 3 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 4 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.” 12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, 5 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 6 “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.” 12:29 He put one in Bethel 7 and the other in Dan. 12:30 This caused Israel to sin; 8 the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves. 9
12:31 He built temples 10 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. 12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 11 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 12 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 13 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 14 Jeroboam 15 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 16 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 Raja-raja 14:14-16
Konteks14:14 The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. 17 It is ready to happen! 18 14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 19 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 20 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 21 because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 22 14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies 23 because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
[12:26] 1 tn Heb “said in his heart.”
[12:26] 2 tn Heb “Now the kingdom could return to the house of David.” The imperfect verbal form translated “could return” is understood as having a potential force here. Perhaps this is not strong enough; another option is “will return.”
[12:27] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[12:27] 4 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
[12:28] 5 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[12:28] 6 tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.
[12:29] 7 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[12:30] 8 tn Heb “and this thing became a sin.”
[12:30] 9 tc The MT reads “and the people went before the one to Dan.” It is likely that some words have been accidentally omitted and that the text originally said, “and the people went before the one at Bethel and before the one at Dan.”
[12:31] 10 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.
[12:32] 11 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
[12:32] 12 sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.
[12:32] 13 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
[12:33] 14 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
[12:33] 15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:33] 16 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[14:14] 18 tn Heb “This is the day. What also now?” The precise meaning of the second half of the statement is uncertain.
[14:15] 19 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the
[14:15] 20 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
[14:15] 21 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[14:15] 22 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the
[14:15] sn Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles. These were to be burned or cut down (Deut 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
