1 Reis 11:13

13 Mas não tirarei dele o reino inteiro; eu lhe darei uma tribo por amor de Davi, meu servo, e por amor de Jerusalém, a cidade que escolhi”.

1 Reis 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 Reis 11:13 In-Context

11 Então o SENHOR lhe disse: “Já que essa é a sua atitude e você não obedeceu à minha aliança e aos meus decretos, os quais ordenei a você, certamente tirarei de você o reino e o darei a um dos seus servos.

12 No entanto, por amor a Davi, seu pai, não farei isso enquanto você viver. Eu o tirarei da mão do seu filho.

13 Mas não tirarei dele o reino inteiro; eu lhe darei uma tribo por amor de Davi, meu servo, e por amor de Jerusalém, a cidade que escolhi”.

14 Então o SENHOR levantou contra Salomão um adversário, o edomita Hadade, da linhagem real de Edom.

15 Anteriormente, quando Davi estava lutando contra Edom, Joabe, o comandante do exército, que tinha ido para lá enterrar os mortos, exterminara todos os homens de Edom.