Bible verse

1 Kings 11:37

But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

1 Kings 11:37 · BSB

1 Kings 11:37 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Kings 11.

33 For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

35 But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

37 But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

38 If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

39 Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

41 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

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1 Kings 11:37 in other translations

KJV

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

ASV

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

ERV

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

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