1 Kings 11
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1 Kings 11:30-39

30Then 1Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

31He said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, 2I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes

32(3but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, 4the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel),

33because they have forsaken Me, and 5have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, 6Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

34Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him 7ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes;

35but 8I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you, even ten tribes.

36But 9to his son I will give one tribe, 10that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, 11the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

37I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever 12you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

38Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight by observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then 13I will be with you and 14build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

39Thus I will afflict the 15descendants of David for this, but not always.’”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 11:30 1 Sam 15:27, 28 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 11:31 1 Kin 11:11, 12 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 11:32 1 Kin 11:13; 12:21 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 11:32 1 Kin 11:13; 14:21 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 11:33 1 Sam 7:3; 1 Kin 11:5-8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 11:33 Num 21:29; Jer 48:7, 13 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 11:34 Or prince ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 11:35 1 Kin 11:12; 12:16, 17 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 11:36 1 Kin 11:13 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 11:36 1 Kin 15:4; 2 Kin 8:19; Ps 132:17 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 11:36 1 Kin 11:13 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 11:37 Lit your soul desires ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 11:38 Deut 31:8; Josh 1:5 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 11:38 2 Sam 7:11, 27 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 11:39 Lit seed ↩

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