1 Kings 11:12-13

Listen to 1 Kings 11:12-13
12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13 However, 1I will not tear away all the kingdom, but 2I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem 3that I have chosen. ”

1 Kings 11:12-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. 11:13 [2 Sam. 7:15; Ps. 89:33]
  • 2. 11:13 ver. 32, 36; [ch. 12:20]
  • 3. 11:13 Deut. 12:5, 11
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