Bible Strands
1 Kings 11:36
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — God speaks to Jeroboam concerning the immediate division of Solomon’s kingdom, delineating the ten tribes that will depart and the single tribe that will remain. The words — אֶתֵּ֣ן ('e.Ten) means "I will give" [H5414], and נִ֣יר (nir) translates as "a lamp" [H5216], grounding the promise of a surviving royal line in direct divine action. The thread — The preservation of David’s line is noted in 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 15:4, and 2 Kings 8:19. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that political fragmentation does not nullify divine commitment, as God’s choice of Jerusalem and His promise to David remain the fixed reference point for Israel’s future.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 11:13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
- 1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
- 2 Kings 8:19 Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
- 2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
- 2 Chronicles 21:7 Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
- Psalms 132:17 There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- 2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 2 Samuel 7:29 Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
- 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 1 Kings 11:32 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.