1 Kings 11:39
(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
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Cross References
1 Kings 11:36And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
1 Kings 14:8And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.
Psalms 89:30\89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
Psalms 89:38\89:37\It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
Isaiah 7:14For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
Isaiah 11:1And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:27-41
Jeroboam's Promotion Foretold. ( b. c. 977.) 26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of… Read the whole commentary →