1 Kings 3:13

3:13 Furthermore, I am giving 1  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. 2 

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, 3  on the hill east of Jerusalem 4  Solomon built a high place 5  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 6  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 7 

1 tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

2 tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”

3 tn Heb “then.”

4 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

6 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

7 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).