1 Kings 11:32 — but he [and his descendants] shall have one tribe (Benjamin was annexed to Juda… — AMP | maBible
Read 1 Kings 11:32 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Kings 11.32, 1 Kings 11v32, 1R. 11:32. but he [and his descendants] shall have one tribe (Benjamin was annexed to Judah), for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I ha…
32 but he [and his descendants] shall have one tribe (Benjamin was annexed to Judah), for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel—
Notes and references
It is evident from v 30 and later from 12:21 that two tribes are in view here: Judah and Benjamin. The Greek OT (the LXX) actually reads “two” here and in v 36, indicating that its translators rejected the Hebrew reading in both verses as an error. Other explanations are possible, however. Some hav…