1 Kings 11:39

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“Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’””

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BSBPD

“Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 11:39 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  2. 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
  3. 1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
  4. 1 Kings 14:8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
  5. 1 Kings 14:25In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
  6. Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
  7. Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
  8. Psalms 89:38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
  9. Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
  10. Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  11. 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.
  12. Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
  13. Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  14. Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
  15. Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
  16. Luke 2:4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
  17. Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

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