1 Raja-raja 5:6

5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

1 Raja-raja 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him ¹  because they have ²  abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions ³  by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ⁵ 

[11:33]  ¹ tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:33]  ² tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

[11:33]  ³ tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

[11:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”

[16:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[16:31]  sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.