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34 However, I will not take the entire kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes. 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and give it to you: ten tribes. 36 Yet to his son I will give [a]one tribe, so that My servant David may have a [b]lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put My Name and Presence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:36 See note v 32.
  2. 1 Kings 11:36 I.e. a descendant on the throne.

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