1 Kings 11:13

11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave 1  your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; 2  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe 3  of Joseph.

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 11:36

11:36 I will leave 4  his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 5  in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 6 

1 Kings 12:20-21

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 7 

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin 8  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 15:27

15:27 Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab 9  and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon.

1 tn Heb “give.”

2 tn Heb “man of strength.”

3 tn Heb “house.”

4 tn Heb “give.”

5 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dynasty. Because this imagery is unfamiliar to the modern reader, the translation “so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me” has been used.

6 tn Heb “so there might be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.”

7 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

8 tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

9 tn Heb “against him”; the referent (Nadab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.