1 Kings 11:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son. 13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
  • 1 Kgs 11:31 : 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
  • Ps 103:10 : 10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:11-13
    3 verses
    82%

    11So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

    12I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

    13Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

  • 1 Kgs 11:35-39
    5 verses
    82%

    35But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

    36And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

    37And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

    39(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)

  • 1 Kgs 11:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

    33Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

    5And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

    18Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    76%

    16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    76%

    8And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    76%

    5Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • Ezek 37:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

    25And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
    75%

    19But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    75%

    15But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    74%

    7But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

  • 2 Chr 33:8
    74%

    8And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    74%

    7So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    74%

    35Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    74%

    4So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:16
    73%

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • Ps 89:33
    73%

    33But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

  • 1 Chr 17:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

    14But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
    73%

    8Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • Ps 132:11
    73%

    11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
    73%

    25So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:8
    72%

    8And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
    72%

    11And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

  • Jer 33:17
    72%

    17For the Lord has said, David will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel;

  • 2 Chr 6:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

    6But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

  • Ezek 34:24
    72%

    24And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

  • Jer 33:26
    72%

    26Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.

  • 1 Sam 13:14
    71%

    14But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    71%

    5Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    71%

    4But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

  • Ps 89:28
    71%

    28I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    71%

    14And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    71%

    10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

  • Jer 30:9
    71%

    9But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.

  • Deut 17:20
    71%

    20So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.