Discovery Box1 Kings 9:16 
Context9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)
1 Kings 11:11
Context11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 1 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:20
Context11:20 Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, 2 named Genubath. Tahpenes raised 3 him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.
1 Kings 13:21
Context13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You 4 have rebelled against the Lord 5 and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.
1 Kings 14:8
Context14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. 6
1 Kings 19:8
Context19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
2 tn Heb “bore him Genubath his son.”
3 tc The Hebrew text reads וַתִּגְמְלֵהוּ (vattigmÿlehu, “weaned him”) but a slight alteration of the consonantal text yields וַתִּגְדְלֵהוּ (vattigdÿlehu, “raised him”), which seems to make better sense.
4 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the
6 tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”
