1 Kings 11:30-36

Christian Standard Bible

³⁰ Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,^{(A) 31} and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand. I will give you ten tribes, ³² but one tribe will remain his for the sake of my servant David^(B) and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.^{(C) 33} For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites.^(D) They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgments as his father David did.^(E)

³⁴ “‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes. ³⁵ I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you. ³⁶ I will give one tribe^(F) to his son,^(G) so that my servant David will always have a lamp^[a] before me^(H) in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.^(I)