1 Kings 11:35

35 But I will take the kingship from the hand of his son, and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 11:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:35

But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand
All but the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:

and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes:
signified by ten pieces of the rent garment he had given him, ( 1 Kings 11:31 ) .

1 Kings 11:35 In-Context

33 because he has forsaken me, and they bowed down to Ashtoreth, the god of [the] Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Molech, the god of the {Ammonites}. They did not walk in my ways to do right in my eyes, my ordinances, or my judgments, as [did] David his father.

34 But I will not take all of the kingdom from his hand, but I will make him a leader all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my ordinances.

35 But I will take the kingship from the hand of his son, and I will give ten tribes to you.

36 To his son I will give one tribe in order to be a lamp for my servant David, always before my face, in Jerusalem the city in which I have chosen to place my name.

37 You I will take, and you shall reign over all your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.