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1 Kings 11:32

King James Version (KJV)

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(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

1 Kings 11:32 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 11:32

Theological / Devotional

One tribe. Whereas ten tribes were to go to Jeroboam (v. 31), only two would go to the house of David. But Judah’s “one tribe” included Benjamin (2 Chron. 11:12, 13). The kingdom of Judah also became an asylum for the Levites, who refused to endorse Jeroboam’s apostate religion.

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