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and I have taken the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and given it to thee -- the ten tribes;
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and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.
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`And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;
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and it hath been, if thou dost hear all that I command thee, and hast walked in My ways, and done that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as did David My servant, that I have been with thee, and have built for thee a stedfast house, as I built for David, and have given to thee Israel,
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and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.'
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And Solomon seeketh to put Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam riseth and fleeth to Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and he is in Egypt till the death of Solomon.
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And the rest of the matters of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the book of the matters of Solomon?
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And the days that Solomon hath reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years,
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and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.