Discovery Box1 Kings 2:36 
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 1 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 2 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 3
1 Kings 10:26-27
Context10:26 Solomon accumulated 4 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 5 10:27 The king made silver as plentiful 6 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 7 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 8
1 Kings 11:7
Context11:7 Furthermore, 9 on the hill east of Jerusalem 10 Solomon built a high place 11 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 12 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 13
1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
4 tn Or “gathered.”
5 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.
7 tn Heb “he made.”
8 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”
9 tn Heb “then.”
10 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
11 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
12 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
13 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).
