1 Kings 11:12

Translations

Modern

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

Traditional

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

Literal

Nevertheless in your days I will not do it, for the sake of David your father. From the hand of your son I will tear it.

Latin

Verumtamen in diebus tuis non faciam propter David patrem tuum: de manu filii tui scindam illud,

Original

Hebrew

English

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

Notes

1 Kings 11:11–13

God declared that the kingdom would split, but Solomon's descendants would keep a portion of it (see 1 Kings 11:32–36).

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings God’s Faithfulness to His People

Events

Reign of Solomon

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1 Kings 21:29
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
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2 Kings 22:19–20
…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
2 Kings 20:19
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
2 Kings 20:17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Ashtoreth Gods and Goddesses History of Israel Kings, Books of First and Second Milcom Rehoboam

Topics

Backsliders: Solomon Government: God In in Denouncing Solomon's Wickedness Intercession: Intercessional Influence of the Righteous Judgments: Denounced Against Solomon Probation: Solomon Rulers: Wicked: Solomon, Luxurious, and Idolatrous Solomon: Prophecies Concerning

1 Kings 11:12

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