1 Kings 11:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for David My servant's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ Moreover, I won’t tear away the entire kingdom. I will give one tribe to your son on account of my servant David and on account of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Neither will I take away the whole kingdom. Instead, I will grant one tribe to your son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Neither will I take away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son for the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which I have chosen.

1 Kings 11:13 Cross References

1 Kings 11:14

Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal house in Edom.

1 Kings 11:32

One tribe will remain his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 11:39

For this reason I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever.”

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.

1 Kings 12:19

So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

1 Kings 8:29

that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them; he turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and would not destroy them, nor has he banished them from his presence until now.

2 Kings 17:18

Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.

2 Kings 19:34

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my name.”

2 Kings 23:27

The Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will reject this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’ ”

2 Kings 8:19

Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.

2 Chronicles 21:7

Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant that he had made with David and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.

Psalm 132:1

O Lord, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured;

Psalm 132:17

There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

Isaiah 14:32

What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and the needy among his people will find refuge in her.”

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:7

and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it renowned throughout the earth.

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,

Deuteronomy 9:5

It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to occupy their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to fulfill the promise that the Lord made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.