1 Raja-raja 11:8

11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 3:3

3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ²  the practices ³  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Raja-raja 13:1

13:1 Just then ⁴  a prophet ⁵  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ⁶  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Raja-raja 22:43

22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ⁷  (22:44) ⁸  However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

1 Raja-raja 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ⁹  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 12:32

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.

[11:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

[3:3]  ² tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “policies, rules.”

[13:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

[13:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[22:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[22:43]  ⁸ sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.

[9:25]  ⁹ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[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.”