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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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The Lord became angry at Solomon because his heart wandered away from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice[a] 10 and warned him about this so he would not pursue other gods. But he did not obey what the Lord had commanded, 11 so the Lord told Solomon, “Because you have done this and haven’t kept my covenant and statutes that I commanded you, I’m going to tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant. 12 I’m not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son’s control.[b] 13 For the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, I won’t tear away the entire kingdom. I’ll leave one tribe for your son to govern.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:9 Cf. 1King 3:5, 9:2
  2. 1 Kings 11:12 Lit. hand
  3. 1 Kings 11:13 The Heb. lacks to govern