1 Kings 11:13

God would not take the whole kingdom but leave one tribe to David's line for David's and Jerusalem's sake. It preserves the messianic promise amid judgment.

Cross-references · 25

• 1 Kgs 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
• Deut 12:11then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
• 1 Kgs 11:32(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);
• Ps 132:13–14For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
• Luke 1:32–33He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
• Deut 12:5But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall come.
• Jer 33:15–26“In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
• Isa 62:7and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
• 1 Kgs 11:11–12Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
• 1 Kgs 11:35–36but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
• Isa 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
• 2 Kgs 21:4He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
• 2 Sam 7:15–16but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
• Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
• 2 Kgs 13:23But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect for them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, and he didn’t cast them from his presence as yet.
• Ps 89:49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
• Ps 89:33–37But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
• 1 Kgs 11:39I will afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever.’”
• Ps 132:1A Song of Ascents. Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
• 2 Kgs 23:27Yahweh said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
• 1 Chr 17:13–14I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
• Deut 9:5Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
• Ps 132:17There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
• 2 Kgs 19:34‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”

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