1 Kings 11:35
What does 1 Kings 11:35 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 11:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and I have taken the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and given it to thee--the ten tribes;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give thee ten tribes:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, — the ten tribes.
Context
v.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, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
v.35This passage
v.36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:5
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
- 1 Kings 12:20
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
- 2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 12:15
So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 11:12
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.
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