1 Kings 11:13
Good News Translation
And I will not take the whole kingdom away from him; instead, I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have made my own."

New Revised Standard Version
I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; 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.”

Contemporary English Version
When I do, I will still let him rule one tribe, because I have not forgotten that David was my servant and Jerusalem is my chosen city.

New American Bible
Nor will I tear away the whole kingdom. I will give your son one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither will I take away the whole kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neither will I take away the whole kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.

Howbeit

1 Kings 11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.

2 Samuel 7:15,16 But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face. . . .

1 Chronicles 17:13,14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee. . . .

Psalm 89:33-37 But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail. . . .

one tribe

1 Kings 11:35,36 But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give thee ten tribes: . . .

1 Kings 12:20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

for David

1 Kings 11:12,32 Nevertheless, in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. . . .

Deuteronomy 9:5 For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

2 Kings 13:23 And the Lord had mercy on them, and returned to them, because of his covenant, which he had made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob: and he would not destroy them, nor utterly cast them away, unto this present time.

2 Kings 19:34 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

Psalm 89:49 Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

Psalm 132:1,17 A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. . . .

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Jeremiah 33:17-26 For thus saith the Lord: There shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel. . . .

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

for Jerusalem;s

Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . .

2 Kings 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem I will put my name.

2 Kings 23:27 And the Lord said: I will remove Juda also from before my face, as I have removed Israel: and I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house, of which I said: My name shall be there.

Psalm 132:13,14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . .

Isaiah 14:32 And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.

Isaiah 62:1,7 For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp. . . .

Jeremiah 33:15,16 In those days, and at that time, I will make the bud of justice to spring forth unto David, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth. . . .

Context
God's Anger Against Solomon
12Nevertheless, in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13Neither will I take away the whole kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:15
But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.

1 Kings 8:29
That thy eyes may be open upon this house, night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said: My name shall be there: that thou mayst hearken to the prayer which thy servant prayeth, in this place to thee:

1 Kings 11:12
Nevertheless, in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

1 Kings 11:14
And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad, the Edomite, of the king's seed, in Edom.

1 Kings 11:32
But one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant, David, and Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:

1 Kings 11:36
And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

1 Kings 12:17
But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.

1 Kings 12:20
And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

2 Kings 17:18
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda.

2 Kings 19:34
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.

2 Chronicles 21:7
But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

Psalm 89:33
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

1 Kings 11:12
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