1 Kings 11:37

37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

1 Kings 11:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:37

And I will take thee
From the low estate in which he was, to be king:

and thou shall reign according to all that thy soul desireth;
he being ambitious of the kingdom, and having already formed in his mind some designs upon it:

and shall be king over Israel;
the ten tribes.

1 Kings 11:37 In-Context

35 But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

39 (So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)