1 Kings 11:13

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

11So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead. But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.” 14The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king. 15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:13 word by word

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 humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”
• 2 Samuel 7:15But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
• 1 Chronicles 17:13I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.
• Psalms 89:33But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.
• 1 Kings 11:35I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you.
• 1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.
• 1 Kings 11:12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
• Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• 2 Kings 13:23But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
• 2 Kings 19:34I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’”
• Psalms 89:49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
• Psalms 132:1O Lord, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,
• Isaiah 9:7His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.
• Jeremiah 33:17For I, the Lord, promise: “David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation 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 12:5But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must 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