1 Kings 11:13
But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David's sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem."
1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.
Deuteronomy 12:11
Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you -- your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
1 Kings 11:32
He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2 Samuel 7:15-16
But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
1 Kings 11:11-12
So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:35-36
I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you.
1 Kings 11:39
I will humiliate David's descendants because of this, but not forever."
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
2 Kings 19:34
I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.'"
2 Kings 21:4
He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my home."
2 Kings 23:27
The Lord announced, "I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose -- both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, "I will live there."
1 Chronicles 17:13-14
I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.
Psalm 89:33-37
But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.
Psalm 89:49
Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
Psalm 132:1
A song of ascents. O Lord, for David's sake remember all his strenuous effort,
Psalm 132:13-14
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
Psalm 132:17
There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king's dynasty will continue.
Isaiah 9:7
His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.
Isaiah 14:32
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
Isaiah 62:1
"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."
Isaiah 62:7
Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
Jeremiah 33:15-26
In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. "'He will do what is just and right in the land.
Luke 1:32-33
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.