1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ¹  him ²  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ³ )

1 Kings 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ⁴  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:2

12:2 ⁶  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Or “disciplined.”

² tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

³ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

⁴ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

⁵ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

⁶ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

⁷ tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).