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1 Kings 11:12

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Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:10

    And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

  2. 1 Kings 11:11

    Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

  3. 1 Kings 11:13

    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.

  4. 1 Kings 11:14

    And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

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