1 Kings 11:32

11:32 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.

1 Kings 11:35

11:35 I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. ¹ 

1 Kings 11:13

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave ²  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ³  name.” ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David, ⁵  ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ⁶  But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 11:31

11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 11:36

11:36 I will leave ⁷  his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me ⁸  in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. ⁹ 

1 Kings 12:20-21

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ¹⁰ 

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ¹¹  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ¹²  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ¹³  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁴  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹⁵  named Naamah.

[11:35]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will give it to you, ten tribes.”

[11:13]  ¹ tn Heb “give.”

[18:31]  ¹ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ² sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[8:16]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[8:16]  ² tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

[11:36]  ¹ tn Heb “give.”

[11:36]  ² tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.

[11:36]  ³ tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”

[12:20]  ¹ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

[12:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[14:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ³ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[14:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.