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1 Kings 11:32 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 11 · verse 32
(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:)1 Kings 11:32 · King James Version
1 Kings 11:32 in context
30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32(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:)
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Jerusalem'sYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- David'sDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- tribeshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (Kg1 11:11) that he would give the greatest part of his kingdom to his servant, and Jeroboam was the man.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40