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but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, ten tribes.
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Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
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And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
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And if you will hearken to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.'"
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Solomon sought therefore to kill Jerobo'am; but Jerobo'am arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
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Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
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And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
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And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehobo'am his son reigned in his stead.