World English Bible
1 Kings 11:12
“Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 11
and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, "Because this is 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.
Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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