1 Kings 11:39
And I will afflict the seed of David for this; but not for all times.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.
1 Kings 14:8And I rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it unto thee; whereas thou hast not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed after me with all his heart, to do only what is right in my eyes;
Psalms 89:30(89:31) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;
Psalms 89:38(89:39) And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed.
Isaiah 7:14Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: behold, this young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and she shall call his name 'Immanu-el, [God with us].
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots.
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 →