1 Kings 11:13 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:13

Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

One tribe - i. e., (marginal reference) the tribe of Judah. Benjamin was looked upon as absorbed in Judah, so as not to be really a tribe in the same sense as the others. Still, in memory of the fact that the existing tribe of Judah was a double one 1Ki 12:2 l, the prophet Ahijah tore his garment into twelve parts, and kept back two from Jeroboam 1Ki 11:30-31.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

One tribe - Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Bethel, chap. xii, 29, and Hephron, 2 Chron. xiii, 19, both which were towns of Benjamin.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God's grace in his people works variously. Thus, though Solomon fell, he was not utterly cast down; what God had said to David concerning him was fulfilled: I will chasten him with the rod of men, but my mercy shall not depart from him, 2 Sam. vii. Though God may suffer those whom he loves to fall into sin, he will not suffer them to lie still in it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will give one tribe to thy son--There were left to Rehoboam the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (2Ch 11:12, 13); and multitudes of Israelites, who, after the schism of the kingdom, established their residence within the territory of Judah to enjoy the privileges of the true religion (1Ki 12:17). These are all reckoned as one tribe.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רַ֤ק	rak	only	H7535 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַמַּמְלָכָה֙	ha.mam.la.Khah	the kingdom	H4467 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אֶקְרָ֔ע	'ek.Ra'	I will tear away	H7167 →
שֵׁ֥בֶט	She.vet	a tribe	H7626 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
אֶתֵּ֣ן	'e.Ten	I will give	H5414 →
לִבְנֶ֑ךָ	liv.Ne.kha	to son your	H1121 →
לְמַ֙עַן֙	le.Ma.'an	for [the] sake of	H4616 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עַבְדִּ֔י	'av.Di	servant my	H5650 →
וּלְמַ֥עַן	u.le.Ma.'an	and for [the] sake of	H4616 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בָּחָֽרְתִּי׃	ba.Cha.re.ti	I have chosen	H977 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 12:11
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:5
  Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 15:20
  Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
- Deuteronomy 16:2–8
  You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
- John 4:20–23
  Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
- Deuteronomy 17:8
  If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will…
Through
1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:32
  But one tribe will remain 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 11:36
  I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
Through
1 Kings 11:32
But one tribe will remain 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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:21
  Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes…

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