1 Kings 11:38

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Contextual Overview

²⁶Now Solomon's servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon, ²⁷and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ²⁸Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph. ²⁹During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. ³⁰And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, ³¹and 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. ³²But 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. ³³For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molech the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon's father David did. ³⁴Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes. ³⁵But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

Bible Verse Review
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if thou wilt: 1 Kings 3:14, 1 Kings 6:12, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:5, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 15:5, Zechariah 3:7

that I will: Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:5

build the: 1 Kings 14:7-14, 2 Samuel 7:11, 2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 7:26-29, 1 Chronicles 17:10, 1 Chronicles 17:24-27

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:21 - made them Exodus 15:26 - and wilt Deuteronomy 12:25 - when 1 Samuel 2:35 - I will build 2 Samuel 23:5 - and sure 1 Kings 11:4 - his heart 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall 2 Kings 18:3 - according 2 Kings 22:2 - walked 2 Chronicles 7:17 - if thou wilt Psalms 28:5 - not build

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,.... And be obedient thereunto:

and wilt walk in my ways; directed to in the law of Moses:

and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes, and my commandments; those particularly respecting divine worship:

as David my servant did; who very diligently and constantly attended to the ordinances of religion:

that I will be with thee; to guide and direct, protect and defend, prosper and succeed:

and build thee a sure house, as I built for David; continue the succession of the kingdom in his posterity:

and will give Israel unto thee; to rule over them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. To “build a sure house,” or “give a house,” is to give a continuity of offspring, and so secure the perpetuity of a family. The promise, it will be observed, is conditional; and as the condition was not complied with, it did not take effect (see 1 Kings 14:8-14). The entire house of Jeroboam was destroyed by Baasha 1 Kings 15:29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. And build thee a sure house — He would have continued his posterity on the throne of Israel, had he not by his wickedness forfeited the promises of God, and thrown himself out of the protection of the Most High.