1 Kings 11:12

12 "Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
father's sake
Not for the merits of David, but the promises made to him, ( 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 7:13 ) ,

but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
and immediate successor, Rehoboam.

1 Kings 11:12 In-Context

10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded.

11 So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

12 "Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

13 "However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."

14 Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom.