1 Kings 11:34-36

Revised Geneva Translation

³⁴ ‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand. For I will make him prince all his life long, for David my servant’s sake, whom I have chosen, who kept My Commandments and My Statutes.

³⁵ ‘But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, the ten tribes.

³⁶ ‘And to his son I will give one tribe, so that David My servant may have a light always before Me in Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen for Myself, to put My Name there.