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(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

1 Kings 11:32 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૧૧:૩૨
પણ મારા સેવક દાઉદ તથા યરુશાલેમ નગર કે જેને મેં ઇઝરાયલના સર્વ કુળોમાંથી પસંદ કર્યું છે તેની ખાતર હું સુલેમાનને એક કુળ આપીશ.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं ११:३२
परन्तु मेरे दास दाऊद के कारण और यरूशलेम के कारण जो मैंने इस्राएल के सब गोत्रों में से चुना है, उसका एक गोत्र बना रहेगा।

In context

30Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you

32(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

33because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

34“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes,

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