1 Kings 11:36 “I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always…”

1 Kings 11:36

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

World English Bible

I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

American Standard Version

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

Geneva Bible 1599

And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.

Darby Translation

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

Young's Literal Translation

and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.

Bible in Basic English

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

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Cross references

“David”

1 Kings 15:4 2 Kings 8:19 2 Samuel 21:17 2 Chronicles 21:7 Psalm 132:17 2 Samuel 7:16

1 Kings 15:4 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

2 Kings 8:19 · BSB

Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

2 Samuel 21:17 · BSB

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

2 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

Psalm 132:17 · BSB

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

2 Samuel 7:16 · BSB

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

“light”

1 Kings 11:13 1 Kings 9:3 Hebrews 12:22 Revelation 21:10 Galatians 4:25 Galatians 4:26

1 Kings 11:13 · BSB

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.”

1 Kings 9:3 · BSB

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Hebrews 12:22 · BSB

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Revelation 21:10 · BSB

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Galatians 4:25 · BSB

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

Galatians 4:26 · BSB

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Also

1 Kings 11:32

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.

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

In context

35But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

37But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

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