Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings 12:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who dwelt in the cities of Judah. American Standard Version (1901) But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Common English Bible and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version But over all the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them. |
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah, Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.