KJV King James Version
But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, [even] ten tribes.
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1 Kings 11:35
But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, [even] ten tribes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
WEB World English Bible
but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
ASV American Standard Version
but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I have taken the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and given it to thee—the ten tribes;
Surrounding context — 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:)
33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do [that which is] right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David his father.
34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, [even] ten tribes.
36 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.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
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1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding 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.2 Chronicles 10:15-17So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.1 Kings 12:15-17Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.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.Exodus 20:5-6Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
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