1 Kings 11:36 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Kings 11:36, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is speaking through the prophet Ahijah to Jeroboam, who has just been told he will receive ten of Israel's tribes. Verse 36 names the exception: one tribe stays with Solomon's son, and the reason is not the son's merit but David's.
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