1 Raja-raja 12:6

12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ¹  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ²  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

1 Raja-raja 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 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.

1 Raja-raja 22:3

22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” ⁶ 

[12:6]  ¹ tn Heb “stood before.”

[12:6]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[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.

[22:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”