1 Raja-raja 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ¹  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ²  because they helped me ³  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Raja-raja 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁴  he continued to appoint common people ⁵  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ⁶ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[13:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ⁵ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”