Tree of Life Version
1 Kings 11:13
13Yet I will not tear away the whole kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for My servant David ‘s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
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 Adonai said to Solomon: “Since you have done this and did not keep My covenant and My statutes that I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 12Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son. Yet I will not tear away the whole kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for My servant David ‘s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.” 14Then Adonai raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, of the royal line in Edom. 15Earlier, when David was at war with Edom, Joab, commander of the army, went up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom.
Read all of 1 Kings 111 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 11:39So I will for this afflict David’s seed, but not for all days.”
- 2 Samuel 7:15Yet My lovingkindness will not be withdrawn from him as I withdrew it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me, I will not withdraw My lovingkindness from him, as I withdrew it from the one who ruled before you.
- Psalms 89:33then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with flogging.
- 1 Kings 11:35Yet I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and I will give it to you—the ten tribes.
- 1 Kings 12:20Now when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
- 1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son.
- Deuteronomy 9:5It is not by your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land. Rather, because of the wickedness of these nations, Adonai your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to keep the word Adonai swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- 2 Kings 13:23Yet Adonai was gracious to them, had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So He was not willing to destroy them or cast them from His presence up to now.
- 2 Kings 19:34“For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.”
- Psalms 89:49What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver himself from the clutches of Sheol? Selah
- Psalms 132:1A Song of Ascents. Adonai, remember David, all his afflictions,
- Isaiah 9:7Adonai sent a word to Jacob, and it fell upon Israel.
- Jeremiah 33:17For thus says Adonai: “For David, there will not be cut off a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called Ben-Elyon. Adonai Elohim will give Him the throne of David, His father.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Rather you are to seek only the place Adonai your God chooses from all your tribes to put His Name to dwell—there you will come.
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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