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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 11:13 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 11:13	Strong Concordance	Howbeit [07535] I will not rend away [07167] all the kingdom [04467]; but will give [05414] one [0259] tribe [07626] to thy son [01121] for David [01732] my servant's [05650] sake, and for Jerusalem's [03389] sake which I have chosen [0977].
	King James	Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
I will give one tribe to thy son--There were left to Rehoboam the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (Ch2 11:12-13); and multitudes of Israelites, who, after the schism of the kingdom, established their residence within the territory of Judah to enjoy the privileges of the true religion (Kg1 12:17). These are all reckoned as one tribe.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

I will give one tribe to thy son--There were left to Rehoboam the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi (Ch2 11:12-13); and multitudes of Israelites, who, after the schism of the kingdom, established their residence within the territory of Judah to enjoy the privileges of the true religion (Kg1 12:17). These are all reckoned as one tribe.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
One tribe - i. e., (marginal reference) the tribe of Judah. Benjamin was looked upon as absorbed in Judah, so as not to be really a tribe in the same sense as the others. Still, in memory of the fact that the existing tribe of Judah was a double one Kg1 12:2 l, the prophet Ahijah tore his garment into twelve parts, and kept back two from Jeroboam Kg1 11:30-31.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

One tribe - i. e., (marginal reference) the tribe of Judah. Benjamin was looked upon as absorbed in Judah, so as not to be really a tribe in the same sense as the others. Still, in memory of the fact that the existing tribe of Judah was a double one Kg1 12:2 l, the prophet Ahijah tore his garment into twelve parts, and kept back two from Jeroboam Kg1 11:30-31.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
One tribe - Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Bethel, Kg1 12:29, and Hephron, Ch2 13:19, both which were towns of Benjamin.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

One tribe - Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Bethel, Kg1 12:29, and Hephron, Ch2 13:19, both which were towns of Benjamin.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Will give one tribe - for David my servant's sake - The line of the Messiah must be preserved. The prevailing lion must come out of the tribe of Judah: not only the tribe must be preserved, but the regal line and the regal right. All this must be done for the true David's sake: and this was undoubtedly what God had in view by thus miraculously preserving the tribe of Judah and the royal line, in the midst of so general a defection. And for Jerusalem's sake - As David was a type of the Messiah, so was Jerusalem a type of the true Church: therefore the Old Jerusalem must be preserved in the hands of the tribe of Judah, till the true David should establish the New Jerusalem in the same land, and in the same city. And what a series of providences did it require to do all these things!

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Will give one tribe - for David my servant's sake - The line of the Messiah must be preserved. The prevailing lion must come out of the tribe of Judah: not only the tribe must be preserved, but the regal line and the regal right. All this must be done for the true David's sake: and this was undoubtedly what God had in view by thus miraculously preserving the tribe of Judah and the royal line, in the midst of so general a defection.

And for Jerusalem's sake - As David was a type of the Messiah, so was Jerusalem a type of the true Church: therefore the Old Jerusalem must be preserved in the hands of the tribe of Judah, till the true David should establish the New Jerusalem in the same land, and in the same city. And what a series of providences did it require to do all these things!

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