1 Kings 12:2
12:2 1 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. 2
1 Kings 19:3
19:3 Elijah was afraid, 3 so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,
1 Kings 20:20
20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; 4 the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.
1 tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.
2 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).
3 tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).
4 tn Heb “each struck down his man.”