1 Kings 11:12
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11 Wherefore 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.
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.
13 Howbeit 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.
14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
- BLB
- Nevertheless in your days I will not do it, for the sake of David your father. From the hand of your son I will tear it.
- ÅB
- Men for din far Davids skyld vil jeg ikke gjøre det i din tid - fra din sønn vil jeg rive riket.
- OTB
- Men Jeg vil ikke gjøre det i dine dager for din far Davids skyld, men Jeg vil rive det ut av din sønns hånd.
- B1930
- Men for din far Davids skyld vil jeg ikke gjøre det i din tid - fra din sønn vil jeg rive riket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Read in contextGenesis 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Read in context2 Kings 22:19–20
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Read in context2 Kings 20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
Read in context2 Kings 20:19
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
Read in context1 Samuel 9:4–5
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
Read in contextExodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Read in context1 Kings 21:29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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