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1 Kings 11:11-13

11Wherefore the Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Solomonלִשְׁלֹמֹ֗הlish.lo.MohH8010,Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not keptשָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙sha.Mar.taH8104my covenantבְּרִיתִ֣יbe.ri.TiH1285and my statutesוְחֻקֹּתַ֔יve.chu.ko.TaiH2708,which I have commandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680thee, I will surelyקָרֹ֨עַka.Ro.a'H7167rendאֶקְרַ֤ע'ek.Ra'H7167the kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467from thee, and will giveוּנְתַתִּ֖יהָu.ne.ta.Ti.haH5414it to thy servantלְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃le.'av.De.khaH5650.

12Notwithstanding in thy daysבְּיָמֶ֙יךָ֙be.ya.Mei.khaH3117I will not doאֶעֱשֶׂ֔נָּה'e.'e.Se.nahH6213it for Davidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732thy father’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1sake: butI will rendאֶקְרָעֶֽנָּה׃'ek.ra.'E.nahH7167it out of the handמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of thy sonבִּנְךָ֖bin.KhaH1121.

13Howbeitרַ֤קrakH7535I will not rend awayאֶקְרָ֔ע'ek.Ra'H7167all the kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָה֙ha.mam.la.KhahH4467; butwill giveאֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenH5414oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259tribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626to thy sonלִבְנֶ֑ךָliv.Ne.khaH1121for Davidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732my servant’sעַבְדִּ֔י'av.DiH5650sake, and for Jerusalem’sיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389sake which I have chosenבָּחָֽרְתִּי׃ba.Cha.re.tiH977.

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