Study it in the app“but the one tribe shall be his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel;”
but the oneוְהַ הָאֶחָדtribeשֵּׁבֶטshall beיִהְיֶהhis,לּוֹfor the sake ofלְמַעַןmy servantעַבְדִּיDavidדָוִדand for the sake ofוּלְמַעַןJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםthe cityהָעִירthatאֲשֶׁרI have chosenבָּחַרְתִּי בָהּout of allמִכֹּלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵל
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bacharti” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
31And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, ‘Look, I am tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give to you the ten tribes;
32 · This verse (above)
33because they have abandoned me and bowed down to Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my eyes, and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
