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1 Kings 11:34 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “‘However, 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, "

1 Kings 11:34

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32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

33 because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

34 “‘However, 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,

35 but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, even ten tribes.

36 I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

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1 Kings 14:8

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1 Chronicles 17:7

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1 Kings 11:1

"Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,"

1 Kings 11:2

"of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love."

1 Kings 11:3

"He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away."

1 Kings 11:4

"When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father was."

1 Kings 11:5

"For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites."

1 Kings 11:6

"Solomon did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and didn’t go fully after the LORD, as David his father did."

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