1 Kings — Footnotes

Chapter 8

8:37 — gates of their land - at its outskirts, the region of its borders.

Chapter 9

9:8 — See 2 Chronicles 7:21 and footnote there.

Chapter 10

10:8 — See 2 Chr 9:7 and footnote.

10:28 — Egypt here, perhaps different than the land of the Nile, is located in the upper part of Mesopotamia. Literally, 'Mizraim'.

10:28 — Kue may be Cilicia.

Chapter 11

11:5 — detestable thing, possibly changed from an original text of 'god'. See Bibliotheca Sacra in footnote at Judges 9:46.

11:7 — see footnote at verse 5.

11:7 — This may have originally read the 'Mount of Olives' and changed to the current text due to the context of idolatry. See footnote at 2Ki 23:13.

11:7 — see footnote at verse 5.