1 Kings 11:35-36

35 aBut I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, ten tribes. 36Yet to his son bI will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have ca lamp before me in Jerusalem, dthe city where I have chosen to put my name.

1 Kings 12:20

20And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but ethe tribe of Judah only.

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