1 Kings 11:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces: for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then he said to Jeroboam, 'Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and give you ten tribes.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559} to Jeroboam,{H3379} Take{H3947} thee ten{H6235} pieces;{H7168} for thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will rend{H7167} the kingdom{H4467} out of the hand{H3027} of Solomon,{H8010} and will give{H5414} ten{H6235} tribes{H7626} to thee

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)} to Jeroboam{H3379}, Take{H3947}{(H8798)} thee ten{H6235} pieces{H7168}: for thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Behold, I will rend{H7167}{(H8802)} the kingdom{H4467} out of the hand{H3027} of Solomon{H8010}, and will give{H5414}{(H8804)} ten{H6235} tribes{H7626} to thee:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and sayde vnto Ieroboam: Take thou ten peces vnto the. For thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: Beholde, euen thus wyll I rente the kyngdome from the hande of Salomo, and wyll geue the ten trybes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And said to Ieroboam, Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, Beholde, I wil rent the kingdome out of ye hands of Salomon, and will giue ten tribes to thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And sayd to Ieroboam, Take thee ten peeces: For thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Behold, I will rent the kingdome out of the handes of Solomon, and will geue ten tribes to thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and saith to Jeroboam, `Take to thee ten pieces, for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, lo, I am rending the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and have given to thee the ten tribes,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then he told Jeroboam,“Take ten pieces, for this is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:11-12 : 11 Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. 12 Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 11:28-30
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    85%

    28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the work of the house of Joseph.

    29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.

    30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

  • 1 Kgs 11:10-13
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    84%

    10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he did not keep what the LORD commanded.

    11 Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, Because this has been done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

    12 Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

    13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34-35
    2 verses
    84%

    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, because he 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.

  • 2 Kgs 17:20-21
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    20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

    21 For he ripped Israel from the house of David; they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
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    32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 1 Kgs 14:7-8
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    7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

    8 And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;

  • 1 Sam 15:27-28
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    27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it tore.

    28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

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    3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

    4 Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren. Return every man to his house, for this thing is of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam.

  • 2 Chr 10:15-16
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    15 So the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was of God, that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What part have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel; and now, David, see to your own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14-16
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    14 Moreover the LORD shall raise up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

    15 For the LORD shall strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall uproot Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

    16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26-28
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    26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall return to the house of David.

    27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

    28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    72%

    17 The LORD has done to you as he spoke by me: for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-16
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    71%

    15 Therefore the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform His word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

    16 So when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
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    5 The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 10:2-3
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    2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, heard it, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

    3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 14:10
    70%

    10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against the wall, and him who is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, until it is all gone.

  • 1 Kgs 12:20
    70%

    20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    70%

    34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
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    7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
    69%

    37 And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 13:8
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    8 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you to be gods.

  • 2 Chr 13:6
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    6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, has risen up and has rebelled against his lord.

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
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    15 And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel had their eyes on me, that I should reign; however, the kingdom has turned and has become my brother's, for it was his from the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, heard of it (for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt),

    3 that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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    14 For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.

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    23 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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    2 Their heart is divided; now they shall be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images.

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    39 And I will for this afflict the offspring of David, but not forever.

    40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

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    2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I ask you, and disguise yourself, so that you are not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.

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    14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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    19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.