Now (A)the Lord was angry with Solomon (B)because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, (C)who had appeared to him twice, 10 and (D)had commanded him regarding this thing, that he was not to follow other gods; but he did not comply with what the Lord had commanded. 11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since [a]you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, (E)I will certainly tear the kingdom away from you, and will give it to your servant. 12 However, I will not do it in your days, only for the sake of your father David; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son. 13 Yet (F)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (G)I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and (H)for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:11 Lit this has happened with you

Then the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice(A) 10 and had commanded him concerning this matter, that he should not follow other gods, but he did not observe what the Lord had commanded.(B) 11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.(C) 12 Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(D)

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