King James Version
1 Kings 11:37 in the King James Version says “And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.”
1 Kings 11:37 · KJV
But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. light: Heb. lamp, or, candle
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thee and thou shalt reign”
H4427to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“according to all that thy soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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