Abner said to David, ‘Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.’ So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
1 Kings 11:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. Common English Bible But I will accept you, and you will rule over all that you could desire. You will be king of Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will take you up, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires. And you shall be king over Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will take thee: and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel. |
Abner said to David, ‘Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.’ So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon,
I will give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David will always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.
‘ “After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight in order to keep my statutes and my commands as my servant David did, I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give you Israel.
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
Go and tell Jeroboam, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I raised you up from among the people, appointed you ruler over my people Israel,
You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your family.