1 Kings 11:12
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“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.”1 Kings 11:12
What Does 1 Kings 11:12 Mean?
1 Kings 11:12 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 11, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 11:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Kings 19:34“For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”Isaiah 37:35“For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”1 Kings 15:4“Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:”Proverbs 17:6“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”Isaiah 38:5“Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”Genesis 12:2“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”Genesis 19:29“And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.”Exodus 20:5“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;”Deuteronomy 17:20“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”1 Samuel 9:4“And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.”1 Kings 11:34“Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:”1 Kings 11:35“But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.”1 Kings 21:29“Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.”2 Kings 20:17“Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.”2 Kings 20:19“Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?”2 Kings 22:19“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.”1 Chronicles 17:13“I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:”Job 17:5“He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.”Psalms 132:10“For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.”
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