1 Kings 11:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.”

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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

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

1 Kings 11:32

(but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

1 Kings 11:39

And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.’ ”

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

1 Kings 12:19

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

1 Kings 12:20

And 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 none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

1 Kings 8:29

that thy eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which thou hast said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that thou mayest hearken to the prayer which thy servant offers toward this place.

2 Kings 13:23

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

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

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

2 Kings 23:27

And the Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which 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 David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.

2 Chronicles 21:7

Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.

Psalm 132:1

Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured;

Psalm 132:17

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

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old, which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?

Isaiah 14:32

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

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:7

and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, thither you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering that you present, and all your votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there; thither you shall go,

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.