KJV 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.
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1 Kings 11:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 11
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: [but] I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
13 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.
14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king’s seed in Edom.
15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
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רַ֤קH7535 · raqexceptאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַמַּמְלָכָה֙H4467 · mam.la.khahkingdomלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאֶקְרָ֔עH7167 · qa.rato tearשֵׁ֥בֶטH7626 · she.vettribe: staffאֶחָ֖דH259 · e.chadoneאֶתֵּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִבְנֶ֑ךָH1121 · benson: childלְמַ֙עַן֙H4616 · ma.anbecauseדָּוִ֣דH1732 · da.vidDavidעַבְדִּ֔יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּלְמַ֥עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבָּחָֽרְתִּי׃H977 · ba.charto choose
Cross-references
1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.1 Kings 11:32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:Luke 1:32-33He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Isaiah 62:7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.Jeremiah 33:15-26In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.1 Chronicles 17:13-14I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before thee:1 Kings 11:35-36But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, [even] ten tribes.Psalm 89:49Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?Isaiah 14:32What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.2 Kings 23:27And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.1 Kings 11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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