1 Kings 11:35
in 1 Kings 11But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
KJV
But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on 1 Kings 11:26-40
He was a young man of talent and energy, who, having been appointed by Solomon superintendent of the engineering works projected around Jerusalem, had risen into public notice, and on being informed by a very significant act of the prophet Ahijah of the royal destiny which, by divine appointment, awaited him, his mind took a new turn.
This site's exposition
even ten tribes
on 1 Kings 11:35-37
The kingdom passes from Solomon's son, not from Solomon, softening the immediate blow while making the coming division certain. Jeroboam is offered the full desire of his soul, king over Israel, on terms the next two verses will make conditional rather than unconditional, a kingship offered but not yet secured.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י | velakachti | and I will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הַמְּלוּכָ֖ה | hamelukhah | the kingship | H4410 → | 24 times |
| מִיַּ֣ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בְּנ֑וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּנְתַתִּ֣יהָ | unetatiha | and I will give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְּךָ֔ | lekha | to you | ||
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת | ʾaseret | [the] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| הַשְּׁבָטִֽים׃ | hashevatim | the tribes | H7626 → | 190 times |
וְלָקַחְתִּ֥יand I will take
velakachtiH3947 →966 times
הַמְּלוּכָ֖הthe kingship
hamelukhahH4410 →24 times
מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
בְּנ֑וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
וּנְתַתִּ֣יהָand I will give it
unetatihaH5414 →2011 times
לְּךָ֔to you
lekha
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת[the] ten
ʾaseretH6235 →176 times
הַשְּׁבָטִֽים׃the tribes
hashevatimH7626 →190 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 12:20When 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.
it 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 11:13
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…
- 1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Kings 11:32
Through
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 20:19
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
- 1 Kings 21:29
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house…
- 1 Samuel 9:4–5
So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they…
- Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
- 2 Kings 20:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
