1 Kings 11:13 “Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one t…”

1 Kings 11:13

Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

World English Bible

However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”

American Standard Version

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

Geneva Bible 1599

Howbeit I wil not rent all the Kingdome, but will giue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruant, and because of Ierusalem which I haue chosen.

Darby Translation

only, I will not rend away all the kingdom: I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

Young's Literal Translation

only all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.'

Bible in Basic English

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

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Cross references

“Howbeit”

1 Kings 11:39 Psalm 89:33–37 2 Samuel 7:15 2 Samuel 7:16 1 Chronicles 17:13 1 Chronicles 17:14

1 Kings 11:39 · BSB

Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

Psalm 89:33–37 · BSB

But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

2 Samuel 7:15 · BSB

But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

2 Samuel 7:16 · BSB

Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

1 Chronicles 17:13 · BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

1 Chronicles 17:14 · BSB

But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”

“one tribe”

1 Kings 12:20 1 Kings 11:35 1 Kings 11:36

1 Kings 12:20 · BSB

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

1 Kings 11:35 · BSB

But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

1 Kings 11:36 · BSB

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

“for David”

1 Kings 11:32 Deuteronomy 9:5 2 Kings 13:23 2 Kings 19:34 Psalm 89:49 Psalm 132:1

1 Kings 11:32 · BSB

But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 9:5 · BSB

It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep t…

2 Kings 13:23 · BSB

But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them…

2 Kings 19:34 · BSB

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Psalm 89:49 · BSB

Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Psalm 132:1 · BSB

O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,

“for Jerusalem's”

Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:5 Isaiah 62:7 2 Kings 21:4 2 Kings 23:27 Isaiah 14:32

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to…

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

Isaiah 62:7 · BSB

nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

2 Kings 21:4 · BSB

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

2 Kings 23:27 · BSB

For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

Isaiah 14:32 · BSB

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

14Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

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