Discovery Box1 Kings 11:33 
Context11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him 1 because they have 2 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 3 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 4
1 Kings 14:21
Context14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 5 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 6 the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 7 His mother was an Ammonite woman 8 named Naamah.
1 tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”
3 tn Heb “walked in my ways.”
4 tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”
5 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tn Heb “the city where the
8 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.
