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OET-RV by cross-referenced section 1 KI 11:26

1 KI 11:26–11:40 ©

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God’s promise to Yarave’am/Jeroboam

1 Ki 11:26–40

26Nebat’s son Yarave’am (Jeroboam), an Efratite from Tseredah also rebelled against the king. (His widowed mother Tseruah was one of Shelomoh’s servants.) 27This is the background about how it started: Shelomoh had built the raised terrace and had repaired a gap in the wall of the city of David his father. 28Shelomoh had noticed Yarave’am as a strong and hard-working young man, so he’d appointed him as supervisor over all the forced labour from Manashsheh and Efrayim’s regions. 29One time when Yarave’am was away from Yerushalem, the prophet Ahiyyah the Shilonite met him on the road. He was wearing a brand-new a new cloak, and there was just the two by themselves in the countryside. 30Ahiyyah then pulled the new cloak off his shoulders and tore it into twelve pieces, 31and told Yarave’am, “Take ten pieces for yourself, because this is what Yisrael’s God Yahweh says, ‘Listen, I’m about to tear the kingdom away from Shelomoh’s control, and I’ll give the[fn] ten tribes to you. 32The one tribe[fn] will be for him, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Yerushalem city which I’ve chosen from all the tribes of Yisrael. 33This is because they’ve abandoned me. Instead they’ve bowed down to the Tsidonians’ God Ashtoret, to the Moabite god Kemosh, and to the Ammonite God Milkom. They’re no longer following my instructions or doing what they know I’ve said is right—not obeying my statutes or my judgements like the king’s father David did. 34But I won’t take the entire kingdom off him, but rather I’ll leave him as a leader while he’s still alive for the sake of my chosen servant David, who obeyed my commands and my statutes. 35However, I’ll take the kingship away from his son and I’ll give the ten tribes to you to rule. 36I’ll give Shelomoh’s son one tribe to rule so that one of David’s descendants will always rule in my chosen city Yerushalem because it’s associated with my name. 37But I’ll use you, and you’ll be able to reign over the area where you want to rule—you’ll become king over Yisrael. 38Then if you’ll listen to everything that I command you, and walk on the right path and do what pleases me and keep my statutes and my commands, just like my servant David did, then I’ll be with you. I’ll establish a dynasty for you just like I did for David, and I’ll give Yisrael to you. 39I’ll make David’s descendants suffer because of Shelomoh’s behaviour, but not forever.’ ”

40Shelomoh tried to kill Yarave’am, but he left the area and fled to Egypt. He remained in Egypt under the protection of King Shishak until Shelomoh’s death.


11:31 Most English translations leave out this ‘the’ (which is in the Hebrew). However, we suspect that both Ahiyyah and Yarave’am knew exactly which of the ten tribes it would be.

11:32 It would have been obvious at the time that this was referring to Yehudah. (The unmentioned twelfth tribe is Benyamin—the youngest brother and the smallest tribe.)