1 Kings 11:12

12 Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
father's sake
Not for the merits of David, but the promises made to him, ( 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 7:13 ) ,

but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
and immediate successor, Rehoboam.

1 Kings 11:12 In-Context

10 and had commanded him concerning this matter, that he should not follow other gods; but he did not observe what the Lord commanded.

11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, "Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.

12 Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

13 I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal house in Edom.