Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel. New Living Translation And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires. English Standard Version And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. Berean Standard Bible But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel. King James Bible And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. New King James Version So I will take you, and you shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel. New American Standard Bible However I will take you, and you shall reign over all that you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. NASB 1995 ‘I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. NASB 1977 ‘And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. Legacy Standard Bible And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. Amplified Bible I will take you [Jeroboam], and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel (the ten northern tribes). Christian Standard Bible I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.” American Standard Version And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. Contemporary English Version "You will be king of Israel and will rule every nation you want. English Revised Version And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation "I will choose you so that you can rule everything you desire. You will be king of Israel. Good News Translation Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want. International Standard Version I'm going to take you and have you reign over whatever you desire. You will be king over Israel. Majority Standard Bible But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel. NET Bible I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel. New Heart English Bible I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. Webster's Bible Translation And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. World English Bible I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I take you, and you have reigned over all that your soul desires, and you have been king over Israel; Young's Literal Translation 'And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel; Smith's Literal Translation And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all which thy soul shall desire, and be king over Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over 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. New American Bible You I will take and you shall reign over all that you desire and shall become king of Israel. New Revised Standard Version I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires; you shall be king over Israel. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will give it to you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I shall give to you and you shall reign according to the desire of your soul and you shall be King over Israel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and thou shalt be king over Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeroboam's Rebellion…36I 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. 37But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel. 38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.… Cross References 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. 1 Kings 14:7-8 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel. / I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes. 1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.” 2 Samuel 7:8-16 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. / I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land. / And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning ... 1 Kings 9:5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 1 Kings 11:31-32 and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes. / 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 15:29-30 As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, / because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger. 2 Kings 17:21 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. 2 Chronicles 10:15-19 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. / When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home, / but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah. ... 2 Chronicles 13:5-8 Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? / Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master. / Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them. ... Isaiah 7:17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.” Hosea 13:11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. Matthew 1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 2:2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” Matthew 21:4-5 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: / “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” Treasury of Scripture And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. according 1 Kings 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. Deuteronomy 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 2 Samuel 3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. Jump to Previous Desire Desires Desireth Heart However Israel Mayest Reign Reigned Rule Ruling Soul WhateverJump to Next Desire Desires Desireth Heart However Israel Mayest Reign Reigned Rule Ruling Soul Whatever1 Kings 11 1. Solomon's wives and concubines4. In his old age they draw him to idolatry 9. God threatens him, 14. Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt 23. Rezon, who reigned in Damascus 26. And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied 41. Solomon's acts, reign, and death. Rehoboam succeeds him But as for you This phrase marks a direct and personal address, indicating a shift in focus to Jeroboam. In the Hebrew text, the word "you" is emphasized, highlighting God's specific choice and calling. This personal selection underscores the sovereignty of God in appointing leaders according to His divine plan. It serves as a reminder that God knows each individual intimately and has a purpose for their lives. I will take you and you shall reign over all that your heart desires and you will be king over Israel Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But as for you,וְאֹתְךָ֣ (wə·’ō·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker | second person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case I will take you, אֶקַּ֔ח (’eq·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3947: To take and you shall reign וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔ (ū·mā·laḵ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over all בְּכֹ֥ל (bə·ḵōl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that your heart נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ (nap̄·še·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion desires, תְּאַוֶּ֖ה (tə·’aw·weh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 183: To incline, desire and you will be וְהָיִ֥יתָ (wə·hā·yî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be king מֶּ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links 1 Kings 11:37 NIV1 Kings 11:37 NLT 1 Kings 11:37 ESV 1 Kings 11:37 NASB 1 Kings 11:37 KJV 1 Kings 11:37 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 11:37 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 11:37 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 11:37 French Bible 1 Kings 11:37 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 11:37 I will take you and you shall (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |