13 Howbeit I will not rent all the kingdom, but will give one [a]tribe to thy son, because of David my servant, and because of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:13 Because the tribes of Judah and Benjamin had their possessions mixed, they are here taken as one tribe.

13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe(A) for the sake(B) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(C)

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