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 14:21
Context14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 3 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 4 the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 5 His mother was an Ammonite woman 6 named Naamah.
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 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “the city where the
6 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.
