So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 2
12:25 3 Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
14:17 So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to 5 Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.
19:9 He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
1 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”
2 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”
3 tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.
4 tn Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”
5 tn Heb “went and entered.”
6 tn Heb “and she ate, she and he and her house [for] days.”
7 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”