1st Kings Chapter 11 verse 12 Holy Bible
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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I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
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notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
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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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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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Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
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`Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it [The threatening had two gracious and merciful limitations, (1) The blow should not fall until after his death (cf. ver. 34; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 22:20), and (2) the disruption should be but partial. There should be a "remnant" Romans 9:27; Romans 11:5, etc.] for David thy father's sake [i.e., because both of David's piety and God's promise to him (2 Samuel 7:13) ]: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12, 13) For David my servant's sake--that is, evidently, in order to fulfil the promise to David. By the postponement of the chastisement, the blessing promised to his son personally would be still preserved; by the retaining of the kingdom, though shorn of its splendour, and limited to Judah, the larger and more important promise, the continuance of the family of David till the coming of the Messiah, would be fulfilled. The "one tribe" is, of course, Judah, with which Benjamin was indissolubly united by the very position of the capital on its frontier. This is curiously indicated in 1Kings 11:31-32, where "ten tribes" are given to Jeroboam, and the remainder out of the twelve is still called "one tribe."
