1 Raja-raja 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ¹  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ²  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ³  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

1 Raja-raja 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad ⁴  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ⁵  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ⁶  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ⁷  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

[12:32]  ¹ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”

[20:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

[20:34]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”