1 Kings 11:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Howbeit 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, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹא־אֶקַּח אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּמְלָכָה מִיָּדוֹ כִּי נָשִׂיא אֲשִׁיתֶנּוּ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו לְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּי אֹתוֹ אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַר מִצְוֺתַי וְחֻקֹּתָי

Transliteration

And not-I lāqakh ʾet-all-the mamlākâ from his yād for nāśīʾ I will šît him all yōm of his khay for maʿan Dāwid my ʿebed whom I bākhar ʾet-him who šāmar my miṣwâ and my khuqqâ

Grammar Details

*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*ʾeqqakh*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will take
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*kol*: noun - all/whole
*ha-mamlākâ*: article + noun, feminine singular - the kingdom
*mi-yādô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his hand
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nāśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prince/chief/ruler
*ʾăšîtennû*: imperfect, 1st singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will make/set him
*kōl*: noun - all
*yəmê*: noun, masculine plural construct - days of
*khayyāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his life
*lə-maʿan*: preposition + noun - for the sake of
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʿabdî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my servant
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/that
*bākharti*: perfect, 1st singular - I chose
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
*šāmar*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - kept/observed
*miṣwōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - my commandments
*wə-khuqqōtāy*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - and my statutes

Word Meanings

*lāqakh*: take/seize/fetch/receive
*mamlākâ*: kingdom/dominion/reign
*yād*: hand/power/control
*nāśīʾ*: prince/chief/ruler/leader
*šît*: set/place/appoint/make
*yōm*: day/time/period
*khay*: life/lifetime/living
*maʿan*: sake/purpose/intent
*bākhar*: chose/selected/elected
*šāmar*: kept/guarded/observed/preserved
*miṣwâ*: commandment/precept/law
*khuqqâ*: statute/ordinance/decree

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 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.
1 Kgs 11:31 : 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Ps 103:10 : 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Hab 3:2 : 2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 11:11-13
3 verses
82%
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.
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.
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.
1 Kgs 11:35-39
5 verses
82%
35But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
1 Kgs 11:32-33
2 verses
79%
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:)
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1 Chr 28:4-7
4 verses
78%
4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
5And of all my sons,(for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
2 Chr 7:17-18
2 verses
77%
17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
1 Kgs 8:16
76%
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kgs 14:8
76%
8And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
1 Kgs 9:5
76%
5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
Ezek 37:24-25
2 verses
75%
24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
2 Kgs 8:19
75%
19Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Sam 7:15
75%
15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
2 Chr 21:7
74%
7Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
2 Chr 33:8
74%
8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
1 Chr 17:7
74%
7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
1 Kgs 1:35
74%
35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
1 Kgs 2:4
74%
4That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee(said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
2 Chr 6:16
73%
16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
Ps 89:33
73%
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take{H8686)} from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail{H8762)}.
1 Chr 17:13-14
2 verses
73%
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
2 Sam 7:8
73%
8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
Ps 132:11
73%
11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
1 Kgs 8:25
73%
25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
2 Kgs 21:8
72%
8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
1 Chr 17:11
72%
11And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Jer 33:17
72%
17For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
2 Chr 6:5-6
2 verses
72%
5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Ezek 34:24
72%
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Jer 33:26
72%
26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
1 Sam 13:14
71%
14But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
2 Chr 13:5
71%
5Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
1 Kgs 15:4
71%
4Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
Ps 89:28
71%
28My mercy will I keep{H8799)} for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast{H8737)} with him.
1 Kgs 3:14
71%
14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
1 Chr 22:10
71%
10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Jer 30:9
71%
9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Deut 17:20
71%
20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.