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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.” <a href="/kjv/1_kings/11.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/11.htm">New King James Version</a> 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.” <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Yet I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 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.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 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.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 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.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 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.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; I will give one tribe (Judah) to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet I will not tear the entire 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 that I chose.” <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet I will not tear the entire kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem that I chose.&#8221 <a href="/asv/1_kings/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When I do, I will still let him rule one tribe, because I have not forgotten that David was my servant and Jerusalem is my chosen city. <a href="/erv/1_kings/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> However, I will not tear the whole kingdom away from you. I will give your son one tribe for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, [the city] that I chose." <a href="/gnt/1_kings/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> And I will not take the whole kingdom away from him; instead, I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have made my own." <a href="/isv/1_kings/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> For the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, I won't tear away the entire kingdom. I'll leave one tribe for your son to govern." <a href="/msb/1_kings/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/1_kings/11.htm">NET Bible</a> 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." <a href="/nheb/1_kings/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet, 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. <a href="/web/1_kings/11.htm">World English Bible</a> However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> only, I do not tear away all of the kingdom; I give one tribe to your son, for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But I will not rend all the kingdom; one tribe I will give to thy son for sake of David my servant, and for sake of Jerusalem which I chose.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Neither will I take away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son for the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which I have chosen. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Neither will I take away the whole kingdom. Instead, I will grant one tribe to your son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/11.htm">New American Bible</a> Nor will I tear away the whole kingdom. I will give your son one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will not, however, tear away the entire 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.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> However I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> However all of the kingdom I shall not rip up. One tribe I shall give to your son, because of David my Servant, and because of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Only I will not take away the whole kingdom: I will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/11-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=4346" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/11.htm">God's Anger Against Solomon</a> …12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13<a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">tear the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: ham·mam·lā·ḵāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">kingdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/7167.htm" title="7167: ’eq·rā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To tear. A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively.">away from him.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šê·ḇeṭ (N-ms) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">to your son</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Prep) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">of My servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: ū·lə·ma·‘an (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">and for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bā·ḥā·rə·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">I have chosen.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a> And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ... <a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20-24</a> 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 followed the house of David. / And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. / But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: ... <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a> So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. <a href="/2_chronicles/10-15.htm">2 Chronicles 10:15-19</a> So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. / When 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 all the Israelites went home, / but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah. ... <a href="/psalms/89-3.htm">Psalm 89:3-4</a> You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: / ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah <a href="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-37</a> I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. / If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, ... <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1-10</a> Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, ... <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5-6</a> Behold, 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. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. <a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17-22</a> For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, / nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.” / And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: ... <a href="/ezekiel/37-24.htm">Ezekiel 37:24-25</a> My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes. / They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever. <a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Amos 9:11</a> “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a> This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: <a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6-16</a> and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife, / Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. / Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. ... <a href="/matthew/22-41.htm">Matthew 22:41-46</a> While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them: / “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. / Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: ... <a href="/luke/1-31.htm">Luke 1:31-33</a> Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. / He 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, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>However, I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.Howbeit<a href="/1_kings/11-39.htm">1 Kings 11:39</a> And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.<a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm">2 Samuel 7:15,16</a> But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee… <a href="/1_chronicles/17-13.htm">1 Chronicles 17:13,14</a> I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: … one tribe<a href="/1_kings/11-35.htm">1 Kings 11:35,36</a> But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes… <a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a> And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.for David<a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">1 Kings 11:12,32</a> Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son… <a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a> Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<a href="/2_kings/13-23.htm">2 Kings 13:23</a> And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.for Jerusalem;s<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,11</a> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … <a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4</a> And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a> And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/8-48.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-7.htm">Jerusalem's</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-8.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-52.htm">Servant's</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-14.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-15.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-22.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-22.htm">However</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm">Jerusalem's</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-34.htm">Servant's</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-32.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-28.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 11</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Solomon's wives and concubines</a> 4. <a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">In his old age they draw him to idolatry</a> 9. <a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">God threatens him,</a> 14. <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm">Rezon, who reigned in Damascus</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied</a> 41. <a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm">Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. This phrase indicates God's judgment tempered with mercy. Despite Solomon's idolatry, God chooses not to completely remove the kingdom from his lineage. This reflects God's covenantal faithfulness, as seen in His promises to David in <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>. The division of the kingdom is a direct consequence of Solomon's disobedience, yet God's grace ensures that the Davidic line continues, highlighting His commitment to His promises.I will give one tribe to your son The "one tribe" refers to the tribe of Judah, which remains under the rule of Solomon's son, Rehoboam. This decision preserves the Davidic line, fulfilling God's promise to David. Historically, the tribe of Benjamin also aligns with Judah, forming the Southern Kingdom. This division sets the stage for the split between the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and the Southern Kingdom (Judah), a pivotal moment in Israel's history.for the sake of My servant David God's decision is rooted in His covenant with David, emphasizing the importance of David's faithfulness and God's enduring promise to establish his throne forever. This covenant is a central theme in the Old Testament, pointing forward to the coming of Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic line, as seen in the genealogies in <a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1</a> and <a href="/luke/3.htm">Luke 3</a>.and for the sake of Jerusalem, Jerusalem holds a special place as the city chosen by God for His temple and His presence. It is the political and spiritual center of Israel. The preservation of Jerusalem underlines its significance in God's redemptive plan, as it later becomes the site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, pivotal events in Christian theology.which I have chosen.” God's choice of Jerusalem and the Davidic line underscores His sovereign will and purpose. This divine election is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, illustrating God's control over history and His plan for salvation. The choice of Jerusalem as the focal point of worship and the Davidic line as the royal lineage culminates in the New Testament with the coming of Christ, who establishes a new covenant and kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel whose heart turned away from God due to his foreign wives and idolatry. 2. <a href="/topical/r/rehoboam.htm">Rehoboam</a> Solomon's son, who would inherit the kingdom, albeit a divided one. 3. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> Solomon's father, a man after God's own heart, whose legacy influenced God's decision. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The chosen city of God, central to His covenant with Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_division_of_the_kingdom.htm">The Division of the Kingdom</a> The event where the united kingdom of Israel was divided into the northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah).<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> Despite Solomon's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant with David. This teaches us about the steadfastness of God's promises, even when we falter. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Solomon's idolatry led to the division of the kingdom. Our actions have consequences, and turning away from God can lead to division and strife in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_legacy.htm">The Importance of Legacy</a> David's faithfulness had lasting effects, influencing God's decisions generations later. Our faithfulness can impact future generations. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_choice.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a> Jerusalem was chosen by God for His purposes. We must recognize and submit to God's sovereign choices in our lives. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a> The promise of one tribe remaining points to the hope of redemption and restoration, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 11</a> <a href="/q/how_is_david_still_'a_man_after_god's_heart'.htm">How can the events of 2 Samuel 11 be reconciled with the traditional portrayal of David as a man after God's own heart?</a> <a href="/q/does_2_sam_11_1_match_spring_war_evidence.htm">How does 2 Samuel 11:1 align with historical or archaeological evidence that kings only went to war in the spring?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_david's_line_stop_ruling.htm">Psalm 132:11: Why did David's lineage stop ruling if God's promise of a perpetual throne was meant to be unbreakable?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_david_moving_ark.htm">(1 Chronicles 13:6) Are there any archaeological or historical records backing David's attempt to transport the Ark from Kiriath Jearim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Howbeit I win not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe [viz., Judah (<a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a>, "the tribe of Judah only"). "Even the reservation of one tribe is called a gift" (Wordsworth) to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. [But for this provision, Jerusalem would have ceased to be the religious capital. When the sceptre departed from Judah, we may be sure that the "envy of Ephraim" would have demanded that the city of their solemnities should be placed elsewhere - at Shiloh, which for 400 years had been God's "bright sanctuary," or at Bethel, which from far earlier times had been a holy place. See on 1 Kings 12:29, 32.] CHAPTER 11:14-43. SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES. - As the historian has collected together in chs. 6, 7, 8. all the information he can convey respecting the temple, and in chs. 9, 10. all the scattered notices respecting Solomon's power and greatness, so here he arranges in one section the history of Solomon's adversaries. It must not be supposed that the following records stand in due chronological order. The enmities here mentioned did not date from the delivery of the message of which we have just heard; on the contrary, the hatred and opposition of Hadad and Rezon began at an early period, though not the earliest (<a href="/1_kings/5-4.htm">1 Kings 5:4</a>), of Solomon's reign. It was only in his later life, however, that they materially affected his position and rule; hence it is that they are brought before us at this stage of the history, and also because they are manifestly regarded as chastisements for Solomon's sin. <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/11-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet רַ֤ק (raq) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless I will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no {tear} the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every kingdom הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ (ham·mam·lā·ḵāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign away from him. אֶקְרָ֔ע (’eq·rā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7167.htm">Strong's 7167: </a> To rend I will give אֶתֵּ֣ן (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set one אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first tribe שֵׁ֥בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe to your son לִבְנֶ֑ךָ (liḇ·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son for the sake לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent of My servant עַבְדִּ֔י (‘aḇ·dî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant David דָּוִ֣ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and for the sake וּלְמַ֥עַן (ū·lə·ma·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent of Jerusalem, יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I have chosen.” בָּחָֽרְתִּי׃ (bā·ḥā·rə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 11:13 However I will not tear away all (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 11:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 11:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>