1 Kings 11:32
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Howbeit, I will not take the kingdom out of his hand,.... Not any part of it, Kg1 11:12,
but I will make him prince all the days of his life; that is, he shall continue to hold the government of all…
We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (Kg1…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he shall have one tribe Benjamin was so small a tribe as scarcely to be worth counting. Judah was to give name to the southern part of the divided kingdom. The LXX. says "two tribes," which seems to…