1 Kings 11:37

37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.

1 Kings 11:37 in Other Translations

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

37 And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

37 And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.

37 "But I have taken you in hand. Rule to your heart's content! You are to be the king of Israel.

37 I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

1 Kings 11:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:37

And I will take thee
From the low estate in which he was, to be king:

and thou shall reign according to all that thy soul desireth;
he being ambitious of the kingdom, and having already formed in his mind some designs upon it:

and shall be king over Israel;
the ten tribes.

1 Kings 11:37 In-Context

35 I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you ten tribes.

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

37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.

38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.

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

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 14:7
• 2. 2 Samuel 3:21