Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 11:13
13Yet I will not tear the entire 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 that I chose.”
1 Kings 11:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen."
- New King James Version (NKJV)However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; 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.”
Context of 1 Kings 11:13
11Then the Lord said to Solomon, “Since you have done this and did not keep my covenant and my statutes, which I commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 12However, I will not do it during your lifetime for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of your son’s hand. Yet I will not tear the entire 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 that I chose.” 14So the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in Edom. 15Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
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רַ֤ק אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ לֹ֣א אֶקְרָ֔ע שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָ֖ד אֶתֵּ֣ן לִבְנֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֙עַן֙ דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י וּלְמַ֥עַן יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּחָֽרְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howbeitרַקraq · exceptH7535
- I will not rend awayקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
- all the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
- will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- tribeשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
- to thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- for Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- my servant’sעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- sake, and for Jerusalem’sיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- sake which I have chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:13
- 1 Kings 11:39I will humble David’s descendants, because of their unfaithfulness, but not forever.’”
- 2 Samuel 7:15But my faithful love will never leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not remove my faithful love from him as I removed it from the one who was before you.
- Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw my faithful love from him or betray my faithfulness.
- 1 Kings 11:35I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you.
- 1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
- 1 Kings 11:12However, I will not do it during your lifetime for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of your son’s hand.
- Deuteronomy 9:5You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 2 Kings 13:23but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.
- 2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
- Psalms 89:49Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness?
- Psalms 132:1Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured,
- Isaiah 9:7The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
- Jeremiah 33:17“For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Will give one tribe - for David my servant's sake - The line of the Messiah must be preserved. The prevailing lion must come out of the tribe of Judah: not only the tribe must be preserved, but the regal line and the regal right. All this must be done for the true David's sake: and this was undoubtedly what God had in view by thus miraculously preserving the tribe of Judah and the royal line, in the midst of so general a defection. And for Jerusalem's…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 The Lord told Solomon, it is likely by a prophet, what he must expect for his apostacy. Though we have reason to hope that he repented, and found mercy, yet the Holy Ghost did not expressly record it, but left it doubtful, as a warning to others not to sin. The guilt may be taken away, but not the reproach; that will remain. Thus it must remain uncertain to us till the day of judgment, whether or not Solomon was left to suffer the everlasting…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13God declared that the kingdom would split, but Solomon's descendants would keep a portion of it (see 1 Kings 11:32–36).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. I will give one tribe to thy son--There were left to Rehoboam the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (2Ch 11:12, 13); and multitudes of Israelites, who, after the schism of the kingdom, established their residence within the territory of Judah to enjoy the privileges of the true religion (1Ki 12:17). These are all reckoned as one tribe. 1Ki 11:14-40. Solomon's Adversaries.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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