Discovery Box1 Kings 11:40 
Context11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. 1 He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.
1 Kings 18:28
Context18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, 2 mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. 3
1 Kings 22:11
Context22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’”
1 Kings 22:27
Context22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water 4 until I safely return.”’” 5
1 tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”
2 tn Or “as was their custom.”
3 tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”
sn mutilated…covered with blood. This self-mutilation was a mourning rite designed to facilitate Baal’s return from the underworld.
4 tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”
