1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 13:4

13:4 When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.

1 Kings 13:8

13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink 10  in this place.

1 Kings 14:4

14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 11  Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 12 


tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

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tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

tn Heb “the man of God.”

tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

tn Heb “saying.”

tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

tn Heb “house.”

10 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

11 tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”

12 tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”