1 Kings 11:13

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“Yet I will not tear the whole 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, which I have chosen.””

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BSBPD

“Yet I will not tear the whole 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, which I have chosen.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“only all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 11:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
  4. 2 Samuel 7:15But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
  5. 1 Kings 11:11Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
  6. 1 Kings 11:32But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
  7. 1 Kings 11:35But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
  8. 1 Kings 11:39Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
  9. 1 Kings 12:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
  10. 1 Kings 12:19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
  11. 1 Kings 12:20When 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 followed the house of David.
  12. 2 Kings 8:19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  13. 2 Kings 13:23But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  14. 2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
  15. 2 Kings 21:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
  16. 2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  17. 1 Chronicles 17:13I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
  18. Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
  19. Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
  20. Psalms 132:1O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
  21. Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
  22. Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
  23. Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  24. Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

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