1 Kings 11:13
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in Edom.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:5For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 12:11In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits of your hands: and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord.
1 Kings 11:11The Lord therefore said to Solomon: Because thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant, and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I will divide and rend thy kingdom, and will give it to thy servant.
1 Kings 11:35But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give thee ten tribes:
1 Kings 12:17But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.
1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:10-14
God's Displeasure against Solomon. ( b. c. 983.) 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded. 11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and… Read the whole commentary →