Discovery Box1 Kings 1:10 
Context1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, 1 or his brother Solomon.
1 Kings 6:13
Context6:13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
1 Kings 11:39
Context11:39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, 2 but not forever.” 3
1 Kings 12:31
Context12:31 He built temples 4 on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.
1 tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).
2 sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.
3 tn Heb “but not all the days.”
4 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.
