1 Raja-raja 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ¹  in the south. ² 

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; ³  he continued to appoint common people ⁴  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ⁵ 

[8:65]  ¹ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ² tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

[13:33]  ³ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ⁴ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ⁵ 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.”