1 Kings 11:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 11:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 11:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 11:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.””
1 Kings 11:13 — World English Bible
1 Kings 11:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
1 Kings 11:13 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 11:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“only all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.'”
1 Kings 11:13 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 11:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“only, I will not rend away all the kingdom: I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.”
1 Kings 11:13 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 11:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Howbeit I wil not rent all the Kingdome, but will giue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruant, and because of Ierusalem which I haue chosen.”
1 Kings 11:13 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 11:13 in Context — 1 Kings 11
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.
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.
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.
15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
What Does 1 Kings 11:13 Mean?
1 Kings 11:13 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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