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1 Kings 11:40

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

KJV

Voluit ergo Salomon interficere Jeroboam : qui surrexit, et aufugit in Ægyptum ad Sesac regem Ægypti, et fuit in Ægypto usque ad mortem Salomonis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐζήτησεν Σαλωμὼν θανατῶσαι τὸν Ἰεροβοάμ· καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἀπέστη καὶ ἀπέδρα εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς Σουσακεὶμ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἦν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἕως οὗ ἀπέθανεν Σαλωμών.

LXX

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

ASV

וַ/יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְ/הָמִ֣ית אֶת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וַ/יָּ֣קָם יָרָבְעָ֗ם וַ/יִּבְרַ֤ח מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ אֶל שִׁישַׁ֣ק מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַ/יְהִ֥י בְ/מִצְרַ֖יִם עַד מ֥וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SolomonJeroboamJeroboam II

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָרָבְעָ֖ם
yrb'm
proper_noun · 104×
יִּבְרַ֖ח
ybrch
verb · 65×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
shlmh
proper_noun · 280×
שִׁישַׁ֥ק
shyshq
proper_noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 12:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
  • 1Kgs 14:25 — And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
  • 2Chr 10:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
  • 2Chr 12:2 — And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
  • 2Chr 12:2 — And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
  • Matt 2:20 — Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.