1 Reyes 11:13

13 Y aun así, no le quitaré el reino entero; lo dejaré ser rey de una tribu por amor a mi siervo David y por amor a Jerusalén, mi ciudad escogida».

1 Reyes 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:13

Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom
The whole kingdom of Israel:

but will give one tribe to thy son;
but it seems he had both Benjamin and Judah, and only ten tribes were rent from him; the reason of this mode of expression may be, either because he gave him one of the tribes of Israel, besides that of Judah, which was his own tribe; or only the tribe of Judah is meant, the whole tribe of Benjamin not being his, since Bethel, and some other places in that tribe, were in the possession of Jeroboam; or rather both these are called but one, because their inheritances lay together, and were mixed with one another; and particularly both had a share in the city of Jerusalem, and the kingdom always after the division went by the name of Judah only: and this tribe was given

for David my servant's sake;
because of the promise to him, that there should not want one of his seed to sit on his throne, ( 1 Kings 9:5 )

and for Jerusalem's sake, whom I have chosen;
to have the house of his sanctuary and worship in, and therefore thought fit to have one rule there, that, would have a regard to his service in it.

1 Reyes 11:13 In-Context

11 En consecuencia, el Señor
le dijo: «Ya que no has cumplido mi pacto y has desobedecido mis decretos, ciertamente te arrancaré el trono y se lo daré a uno de tus siervos;

12 pero por amor a tu padre David, no lo haré mientras vivas, sino que le quitaré el trono a tu hijo.

13 Y aun así, no le quitaré el reino entero; lo dejaré ser rey de una tribu por amor a mi siervo David y por amor a Jerusalén, mi ciudad escogida».

14 Adversarios de Salomón
Entonces el Señor
levantó a Hadad, el edomita, quien era miembro de la familia real de Edom, para que fuera adversario de Salomón.

15 Sucedió que años atrás, David había derrotado a Edom, y Joab, el comandante del ejército, se había quedado para enterrar a unos soldados de Israel que habían muerto en batalla. Mientras estaban allí, mataron a todos los varones de Edom.