1 Kings 11:29-39

Christian Standard Bible

²⁹ During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite^(A) met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. ³⁰ Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,^{(B) 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^(C) and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.^{(D) 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.^(E) 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.^(F)

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^(G) to his son,^(H) so that my servant David will always have a lamp^[a] before me^(I) in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.^{(J) 37} I will appoint you,^(K) and you will reign as king^(L) over all you want,^(M) and you will be king over Israel.

³⁸ “‘After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight in order to keep my statutes and my commands as my servant David did, I will be with you.^(N) I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David,^(O) and I will give you Israel. ³⁹ I will humble David’s descendants, because of their unfaithfulness, but not forever.’”^[b](P)