The Lord repeated the same words in His speech to Jeroboam

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III





The Lord repeated the same words in His speech to Jeroboam: "Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you (but he shall have one tribe 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). However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes" (1Kin.11: 31,32,34).