Discovery Box1 Kings 2:32 
Context2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; 1 behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he 2 – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
1 Kings 12:32
Context12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 3 like the festival celebrated in Judah. 4 On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. 5 In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.
1 Kings 14:21
Context14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 6 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 7 the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 8 His mother was an Ammonite woman 9 named Naamah.
1 Kings 15:23
Context15:23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 10 Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. 11
1 Kings 16:15
Context16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed 12 in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.
1 tn Heb “The
2 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”
3 sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.
4 sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.
5 tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”
6 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn Heb “the city where the
9 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.
10 tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
11 tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.”
12 tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.
