OET interlinear 1 KI 12:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֞י

and=he/it_was

See how you translated the phrase “And it happened” in [2:39](../02/39.md), where it similarly introduces a new event.

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠הוּא֙ עוֹדֶ֣⁠נּוּ בְ⁠מִצְרַ֔יִם

and=he still,he [was]_in,Egypt

The author is stating the pronoun he separately, even though the expression he was still already includes this meaning. He is doing that in order to introduce background information. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for this same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing that the author is introducing background information. Alternate translation: [now as for him, he was still in Egypt]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֖י הַ⁠מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just,as_heard Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) son_of Neⱱaţ and=he still,he [was]_in,Egypt which/who fled from=face/in_front_of the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) in,Egypt )

The author is using one part of Solomon, his face, to mean all of him in the act of trying to kill Jeroboam. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the similar expression in [1 Samuel 18:11](../1sa/18/11.md). Alternate translation: [from Solomon, who had tried to kill him]