1 Kings 11:39
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.
1 Kings 14:8And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight:
Psalms 89:30And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
Psalms 89:38And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
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 →