Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 12:26:

• Kupsabiny: “Jeroboam thought and said, ‘In case I do not take care of myself, then the kingship might go back to the house of David.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jeroboam was thinking like this, "It may happen that this kingdom will go back to the family of David.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said to himself, ‘The kingdom might be-restore/[lit. return] to the descendants of David” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jeroboam said to himself, ‘If my people continue to go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to Yahweh at the temple there, soon they will again become loyal to Rehoboam, the king of Judah , and they will kill me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)