1 Kings 11:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Nor will I tear away the whole kingdom. I will give your son one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen. Threats to Solomon’s Kingdom.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:14

The Lord then raised up an adversary against Solomon: Hadad the Edomite, who was of the royal line in Edom.

1 Kings 11:32

He shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 11:39

I will humble David’s line for this, but not forever.”

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam continued to reign over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.

1 Kings 12:19

And 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 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.

1 Kings 8:29

May your eyes be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, My name shall be there; listen to the prayer your servant makes toward this place.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious with Israel and looked on them with compassion because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was unwilling to destroy them or to cast them out from his presence even up to now.

2 Kings 17:18

The Lord became enraged, and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left.

2 Kings 19:34

I will shield and save this city for my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said: In Jerusalem I will set my name.

2 Kings 23:27

The Lord said: Even Judah will I put out of my sight as I did Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house of which I said: There shall my name be.

2 Kings 8:19

Even so, the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David. For he had promised David that he would leave him a holding in the Lord’s presence for all time.

2 Chronicles 21:7

Even so, the Lord was unwilling to destroy the house of David because of the covenant he had made with David and because of his promise to leave him and his sons a holding for all time.

Psalm 132:1

A song of ascents. Remember, O Lord, for David all his hardships;

Psalm 132:17

There I will make a horn sprout for David; I will set a lamp for my anointed.

Psalm 89:49

What is man, that he should live and not see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah VI

Isaiah 14:32

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

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:7

And give him no rest, until he re-establishes Jerusalem And makes it the praise of the earth.

Isaiah 9:7

The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel;

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place for his name you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and personal contributions, and every special offering you have vowed to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Instead, you shall seek out the place which the Lord, your God, chooses out of all your tribes and designates as his dwelling to put his name there. There you shall go,

Deuteronomy 9:5

No, it is not because of your justice or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but it is because of their wickedness that the Lord, your God, is dispossessing these nations before you and in order to fulfill the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.