² tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

¹ tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “belonging to Jeroboam” here.

² tn Heb “And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”

¹ tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”

¹ tn Heb “and Jeroboam had caused to circle around an ambush to come from behind them.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”

² tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).

² tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with 800,000 chosen men, strong warrior[s].”

² tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”

¹ tn Heb “walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

² tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”

² tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

¹ tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”

¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

¹ tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”

¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”