1 Kings 11:11-13
“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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 3 verses are below
More of 1 Kings 11 on this site1 Kings 11:29-39
God announcing the division of the kingdom as judgment on Solomon's idolatry, fulfilled at Rehoboam's accession.
Read the whole passage — all 3 verses (KJV)
11:11Wherefore 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.
11:12Notwithstanding 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.
11:13Howbeit 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.
Fulfillment References
1 Kings 12:19-20 1 Kings 11:29-39
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