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1 Kings 11:35–36

35 But jI will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and give it to you—ten tribes. 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that kMy servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.

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1 Kings 11:35–36 — The New International Version (NIV)

35 I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you ten tribes. 36 I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — English Standard Version (ESV)

35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, ten tribes. 36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — New Living Translation (NLT)

35 But I will take the kingdom away from his son and give ten of the tribes to you. 36 His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign, shining like a lamp in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — New Century Version (NCV)

35 But I will take the kingdom away from his son, and I will allow you to rule over the ten tribes. 36 I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over one tribe so that there will always be a descendant of David, my servant, in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be worshiped.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — American Standard Version (ASV)

35 but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

35 but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, —the ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

35 But I will take the kingdom away from his son and give you ten tribes. 36 I will give his son one tribe so that my servant David will always have a lamp in my presence in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to place my name. 

1 Kings 11:35–36 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

35 I will take 10 tribes of the kingdom from his son’s hand and give them to you. 36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for Myself to put My name there.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

35 but I will take the kingdom away from his son and give it to you—that is, the ten tribes. 36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

35 But I will take the kingship from the hand of his son, and I will give ten tribes to you. 36 To his son I will give one tribe in order to be a lamp for my servant David, always before my face, in Jerusalem the city in which I have chosen to place my name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

35 “ ‘I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hands. And I will give you ten of the tribes.

36 “ ‘I will give one of the tribes to David’s son. Then my servant David will always have a son on his throne in Jerusalem. The lamp of David’s kingdom will always burn brightly in my sight. Jerusalem is the city I chose for my Name.

1 Kings 11:35–36 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

35 but I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you, even ten tribes.

36 ‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.


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