1 Kings 11:13

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Howbeit	רַ֤ק rak	H7535	properly · adverb
away	אֶקְרָ֔ע 'ek.Ra'	H7167	to rend · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
kingdom	הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ ha.mam.la.Khah	H4467	dominion · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
give	אֶתֵּ֣ן 'e.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
one	אֶחָ֖ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
tribe	שֵׁ֥בֶט She.vet	H7626	a scion · noun, common masculine singular absolute
son	לִבְנֶ֑ךָ liv.Ne.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֣ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
servant’s	עַבְדִּ֔י 'av.Di	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
Jerusalem’s	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
chosen	בָּחָֽרְתִּי ba.Cha.re.ti	H977	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

1 Kings 12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him k…
Deuteronomy 12:11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command…
1 Kings 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Is…
Deuteronomy 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek…
Psalms 132:13-14 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Luke 1:32-33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Isaiah 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Jeremiah 33:15-26 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteous…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:9-13

Here is, I. God's anger against Solomon for his sin. The thing he did displeased the Lord. Time was then the Lord loved Solomon (Sa2 12:24) and delighted in him (Kg1 10:9), but now the Lord was angry with Solomon (Kg1 11:9), for there was in his sin, 1. The most base ingratitude that could be. He turned from the Lord who had appeared unto him twice, once before he began to build the temple (Kg1 3:5) and once after he had dedicated it, Kg1 9:2. God keeps account of the gracious visits he makes us, whether we do or no, knows how often he has appeared to us and for us, and will remember it against us if we turn from him. God's appearing to Solomon was such a sensible confirmation of his faith a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:13

I will give one tribe to thy son--There were left to Rehoboam the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (Ch2 11:12-13); and multitudes of Israelites, who, after the schism of the kingdom, established their residence within the territory of Judah to enjoy the privileges of the true religion (Kg1 12:17). These are all reckoned as one tribe.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 11:13

Will give one tribe - for David my servant's sake - The line of the Messiah must be preserved. The prevailing lion must come out of the tribe of Judah: not only the tribe must be preserved, but the regal line and the regal right. All this must be done for the true David's sake: and this was undoubtedly what God had in view by thus miraculously preserving the tribe of Judah and the royal line, in the midst of so general a defection. And for Jerusalem's sake - As David was a type of the Messiah, so was Jerusalem a type of the true Church: therefore the Old Jerusalem must be preserved in the hands of the tribe of Judah, till the true David should establish the New Jerusalem in the same land, an…

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John Gill on 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 th…

The Church Fathers

The son of this David, Solomon by name, was caught by the same snare as his father, and out of complacence to women fell away from the God of his fathers. You see how great an evil it is not to master pleasure, not to upset the ruling principle in nature and for a man to be slave of women. This same Solomon, then, who was formerly righteous and wise but who ran a risk of being deprived of all the kingdom on account of his sin, God permitted to keep the sixth part of the government on account of the renown of his father.
— John Chrysostom, LETTER TO THE FALLEN THEODORE 2.2

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Dictionary and topics

Benjamin — Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His…
Chosen — Spoken of warriors (Ex. 15:4; Judg. 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps. 105:43; Deut. 7:7), of Jerusalem as the seat of the temple (1 Kings 11:13). Christ is the “chosen” of God (Isa. 42:1); and the…
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1 Kings 11:13

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 11:13

John Gill on 1 Kings 11:13

The Church Fathers

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1 Kings 11:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:9-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 11:13

John Gill on 1 Kings 11:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 11:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 11:11-13

Rashi on 1 Kings 11:11