1 Kings 11:11

New American Bible - revised edition

So the Lord said to Solomon: Since this is what you want, and you have not kept my covenant and the statutes which I enjoined on you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:12

But I will not do this during your lifetime, for the sake of David your father; I will tear it away from your son’s hand.

1 Kings 11:26

Solomon had a servant, Jeroboam, son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah with a widowed mother named Zeruah. He rebelled against the king.

1 Kings 11:29

At that time Jeroboam left Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road. The prophet was wearing a new cloak, and when the two were alone in the open country,

1 Kings 11:31

and said to Jeroboam: “Take ten pieces for yourself. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and will give you ten of the tribes.

1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to an assembly and made him king over all Israel. None remained loyal to the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone. Divine Approval.

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his statutes, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They followed emptiness and became empty; they followed the surrounding nations whom the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

2 Kings 17:21

When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam, son of Nebat, king; but Jeroboam lured the Israelites away from the Lord, causing them to commit a great sin.

Psalm 78:10

They did not keep God’s covenant; they refused to walk according to his law.

Numbers 14:23

not one shall see the land which I promised on oath to their ancestors. None of those who have spurned me shall see it.

Numbers 14:35

I, the Lord, have spoken; and I will surely do this to this entire wicked community that conspired against me: here in the wilderness they shall come to their end and there they will die.”