1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 11:9 the LORD was angry with Solomon.... I will surely tear the kingdom from you. This is what 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 9:4 have led the reader to expect. Yet, while punishing Solomon and his kingdom, the Lord will show mercy: I will not do it in your days (1 Kings 11:12).... I will not tear away all the kingdom. And, one tribe will remain for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen (v. 1 Kings 11:13).

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