1 Kings 11:31-32

The Lord Raises Adversaries

31 And he said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Behold, w I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes 32 (but x he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, y the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:11 - 13
    Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, "Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:13
    However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.
    1 Kings 12:21
    When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:21
    Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
    Deuteronomy 12:5
    But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
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