1 Raja-raja 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ¹  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ²  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ³ 

1 Raja-raja 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ⁴  along with men from Byblos, ⁵  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ⁷  King Solomon conscripted ⁸  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁹  and the cities of ¹⁰  Hazor, ¹¹  Megiddo, ¹²  and Gezer.

1 Raja-raja 12:25

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 ¹³ Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

[2:36]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ³ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁶ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

[9:15]  ⁷ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ¹² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[12:25]  ¹³ tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.