1 Kings 11:35-36

11:35 I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. ¹  11:36 I will leave ²  his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me ³  in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. ⁴ 

1 Kings 12:20

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. ⁵ 

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

[11:36]  ² tn Heb “give.”

[11:36]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”