1 Kings 11:36

New Century Version

I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over one tribe so that there will always be a descendant of David, my servant, in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be worshiped.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

but Abishai son of Zeruiah killed the Philistine and saved David’s life. Then David’s men made a promise to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle. If you were killed, Israel would lose its greatest leader.”

2 Samuel 22:29

Lord, you give light to my lamp. The Lord brightens the darkness around me.

2 Samuel 7:16

But your family and your kingdom will continue always before me. Your throne will last forever.’ ”

2 Samuel 7:29

Please, bless my family. Let it continue before you always. Lord God, you have said so. With your blessing let my family always be blessed.”

1 Kings 11:13

I will not tear away all the kingdom from him, but I will leave him one tribe to rule. I will do this because of David, my servant, and because of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen.”

1 Kings 11:32

But I will allow him to control one tribe. I will do this for the sake of my servant David and for Jerusalem, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 11:37

But I will make you rule over everything you want. You will rule over all of Israel,

1 Kings 12:17

But Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

1 Kings 14:21

Solomon’s son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah. His mother was Naamah from Ammon. Rehoboam ruled in Jerusalem for seventeen years. (The Lord had chosen that city from all the land of Israel as the place where he would be worshiped.)

1 Kings 15:4

Because the Lord loved David, the Lord gave him a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son to be king after him. The Lord also kept Jerusalem safe.

1 Kings 2:4

And if you obey the Lord, he will keep the promise he made to me. He said: ‘If your descendants live as I tell them and have complete faith in me, a man from your family will always be king over the people of Israel.’

1 Kings 8:29

Night and day please watch over this Temple where you have said, ‘I will be worshiped there.’ Hear the prayer I pray facing this Temple.

1 Kings 9:3

The Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and what you have asked me to do. You built this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. I will be worshiped there forever and will watch over it and protect it always.

2 Kings 8:19

But the Lord would not destroy Judah because of his servant David. The Lord had promised that one of David’s descendants would always rule.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Rehoboam made himself a strong king in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for seventeen years. Jerusalem is the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel in which he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from the country of Ammon.

2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord would not destroy David’s family because of the agreement he had made with David. He had promised that one of David’s descendants would always rule.

Psalm 132:17

“I will make a king come from the family of David. I will provide my appointed one descendants to rule after him.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands of angels gathered together with joy.

Revelation 21:10

And the angel carried me away by the Spirit to a very large and high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.