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1 Kings 11:39-41
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1 Kings 11:39-41
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39 I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this,[a] but not forever.’”[b] 40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt.[c] He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.
Solomon’s Reign Ends
41 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon.[d]
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- 1 Kings 11:39 sn Because of this. Reference is made to the idolatry mentioned earlier.
- 1 Kings 11:39 tn Heb “but not all the days.”
- 1 Kings 11:40 tn Heb “but Jeroboam arose and ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt.”
- 1 Kings 11:41 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, and all which he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the scroll of the events of Solomon?”
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