1 Kings 11:39
Thus will I humiliate the seed of David, because of this; yet not for ever.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 11:36Nevertheless, go his son, will I give one tribe,—to the end there may remain a lamp unto David my servant always before me, in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself, to put my Name there.
1 Kings 14:8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee,—and yet thou hast not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me, with all his heart, to do only that which was right in mine eyes;
Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;
Psalms 89:38Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!
Isaiah 7:14Wherefore let My Lord Himself give you a sign,—Lo! a Virgin, being with child and giving birth to a son, thou wilt call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 11:1But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse,—And, a sprout from his roots, shall bear 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 →