1 Kings 11:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

(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.)

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'But one tribe will remain for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    (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:)

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    (but he shall have one{H259} tribe,{H7626} for my servant{H5650} David's{H1732} sake and for Jerusalem's{H3389} sake, the city{H5892} which I have chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel);{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    (But he shall have one{H259} tribe{H7626} for my servant{H5650} David's{H1732} sake, and for Jerusalem's{H3389} sake, the city{H5892} which I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}:)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    One trybe shall he haue for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and because of the cyte of Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But he shall haue one tribe for my seruant Dauids sake, and for Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he shal haue one for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and for Hierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    (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:)

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    (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);

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the one tribe he hath for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    (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);

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    (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);

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    (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,)

  • World English Bible (2000)

    (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);

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 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 12:20-21 : 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. 21 And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 14:21 : 21 And 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 which the LORD chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

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