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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Kings 11:32

But he will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Yerushalayim, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Isra'el.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahijah;   Backsliders;   Canaan;   Jeroboam;   Parables;   Promotion;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Disobedience;   Forsaking;   Idolatry;   Jerusalem;   Name;   Obedience;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Benjamin;   Government;   Israel;   Jeroboam;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Israel, Kingdom of;   Jeroboam;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Israel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Divided Kingdom;   High Place;   Jeroboam;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam (1) ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeroboam;   Kings;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahi'ah;   Jerobo'am;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahijah;   Jeroboam;   Molech;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Yerushalayim's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra'el);
King James Version
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
English Standard Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
New Century Version
But I will allow him to control one tribe. I will do this for the sake of my servant David and for Jerusalem, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel.
New English Translation
He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Amplified Bible
but he [and his descendants] shall have one tribe (Benjamin was annexed to Judah), for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel—
New American Standard Bible
(but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel),
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he shall haue one tribe for my seruant Dauids sake, and for Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
Legacy Standard Bible
but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel,
Contemporary English Version
But Solomon will still rule one tribe, since he is the son of David my servant, and Jerusalem is my chosen city.
Darby Translation
but one tribe shall he have for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:
Easy-to-Read Version
I will let David's family keep only one tribe. I will do this because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem, the city that I chose from among all the tribes of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant Davids sake and for Jerusalems sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
Good News Translation
Solomon will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be my own from the whole land of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
but one tribe shall be for him, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel;
Literal Translation
And he shall have the one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One trybe shall he haue for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and because of the cyte of Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel:
American Standard Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
Bible in Basic English
(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shal haue one for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and for Hierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but he shall have one tribe, for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel--
King James Version (1611)
(But hee shall haue one tribe, for my seruant Dauids sake, and for Ierusalems sake, the citie which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet he shall have two tribes, for my servant David’s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
English Revised Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe o lynage schal dwelle to hym, for Dauid, my seruaunt, and for Jerusalem, the citee which Y chees of alle the lynagis of Israel;
Young's Literal Translation
and the one tribe he hath for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel.
Update Bible Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for my slave David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
Webster's Bible Translation
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
World English Bible
(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
New King James Version
(but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
New Living Translation
But I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
New Life Bible
(But he will have one family group, because of My servant David and because of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen from all the families of Israel.)
New Revised Standard
One tribe will remain his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, one tribe, shall he retain, - for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen, out of all the tribes of Israel:
Douay-Rheims Bible
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:
Revised Standard Version
(but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
New American Standard Bible (1995)
(but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel),

Contextual Overview

26 Also Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, an Efrati from Tz'redah, whose mother's name was Tz'ru‘ah, one of Shlomo's servants, rebelled against the king. 27 Here is the reason he rebelled against the king: Shlomo was building the Millo and closing the breach in [the wall of] the City of David his father. 28 Now this Yarov‘am was a strong, energetic man; and Shlomo, seeing how serious the young man was, made him supervisor over all the work being done by the tribe of Yosef. 29 Once, during this period, when Yarov‘am had gone out of Yerushalayim, the prophet Achiyah from Shiloh spotted him traveling. Achiyah was wearing a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in open country. 30 Achiyah took hold of his new cloak that he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. 31 Then he said to Yarov‘am, "Take ten pieces for yourself! For here is what Adonai the God of Isra'el says: ‘I am going to tear the kingdom out of Shlomo's hand, and I will give ten tribes to you. 32 But he will keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Yerushalayim, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Isra'el. 33 I will do this because they have abandoned me and worshipped ‘Ashtoret the goddess of the Tzidoni, K'mosh the god of Mo'av and Milkom the god of the people of ‘Amon. They haven't lived according to my ways, so that they could do what was right in my view and obey my regulations and rulings, as did David his father. 34 Nevertheless, I will not take the entire kingdom away from him; but I will make him prince as long as he lives, for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, because he obeyed my mitzvot and regulations. 35 However, I will take the kingdom away from his son and give ten tribes of it to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he shall: 1 Kings 12:20

for Jerusalem's sake: 1 Kings 11:13

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:27 - go up 1 Kings 15:4 - for David's 2 Kings 17:18 - the tribe 2 Chronicles 33:7 - which I have Psalms 89:33 - Nevertheless Isaiah 7:2 - the house

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake,....

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