1 Kings 11:12

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.

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 thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep 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 which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.

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

14 And the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the E'domite; he was of the royal house in Edom.