“but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, even ten tribes.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 11 contains 43 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.