11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one {g} tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
(g) Because the tribes of Judah and Benjamin had their possessions mixed, they are here taken as one tribe.
11:13 One tribe - Benjamin was not entirely his, but part of it adhered to Jeroboam, as Bethel, 1Kings 12:29, and Hephron, 2Chron 13:19, both which were towns of Benjamin.
11:9-13 The Lord told Solomon, it is likely by a prophet, what he must expect for his apostacy. Though we have reason to hope that he repented, and found mercy, yet the Holy Ghost did not expressly record it, but left it doubtful, as a warning to others not to sin. The guilt may be taken away, but not the reproach; that will remain. Thus it must remain uncertain to us till the day of judgment, whether or not Solomon was left to suffer the everlasting displeasure of an offended God.
