1Ki 11:39 Cross References

1 Kings 11:39

39: But I will punish the descendants of David because of Solomon's sin--though not forever.'"

I ripped the kingdom away from the family of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who obeyed my commands and followed me with all his heart and always did whatever I wanted him to do.

All right then, the Lord himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel--`God is with us.'

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
He ransacked the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace and stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.

He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.
And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!"

And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David's ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.

His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name.

Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot--yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
He will delight in obeying the LORD. He will never judge by appearance, false evidence, or hearsay.
He will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.
He will be clothed with fairness and truth.

For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever.
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love.

When all Israel realized that the king had rejected their request, they shouted, "Down with David and his dynasty! We have no share in Jesse's son! Let's go home, Israel! Look out for your own house, O David!" So the people of Israel returned home.

His ever expanding, peaceful government will never end. He will rule forever with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David. The passionate commitment of the LORD Almighty will guarantee this!

Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock the one you anointed as king.

But now you have rejected him. Why are you so angry with the one you chose as king?
You have renounced your covenant with him, for you have thrown his crown in the dust.
You have broken down the walls protecting him and laid in ruins every fort defending him.
Everyone who comes along has robbed him while his neighbors mock.
You have strengthened his enemies against him and made them all rejoice.

"For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.

The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!

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