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1 Kings 11:12 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 11 · verse 12
Notwithstanding 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 11:12 · King James Version
1 Kings 11:12 in context
10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
12Notwithstanding 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.
13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
14And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- rendqâraʻto rend, literally or figurativelyH7167 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Here is, I. God's anger against Solomon for his sin. The thing he did displeased the Lord. Time was then the Lord loved Solomon (Sa2 12:24) and delighted in him (Kg1 10:9), but now the Lord was angry with Solomon (Kg1 11:9), for there was in his sin, 1. The most base ingratitude that could be.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13