1 Kings 11:37
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New International Version (©2011)
However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel."

International Standard Version (©2012)
I'm going to take you and have you reign over whatever you desire. You will be king over Israel.

NET Bible (©2006)
I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"I will choose you so that you can rule everything you desire. You will be king of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

American King James Version
And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

American Standard Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will take thee, that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

English Revised Version
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

World English Bible
I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
'And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:26-40 In telling the reason why God rent the kingdom from the house of Solomon, Ahijah warned Jeroboam to take heed of sinning away his preferment. Yet the house of David must be supported; out of it the Messiah would arise. Solomon sought to kill his successor. Had not he taught others, that whatever devices are in men's hearts, the counsel of the Lord shall stand? Yet he himself thinks to defeat that counsel. Jeroboam withdrew into Egypt, and was content to live in exile and obscurity for awhile, being sure of a kingdom at last. Shall not we be content, who have a better kingdom in reserve?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 37. - And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth [We are not justified in concluding from these words that Jeroboam then had ambitious designs upon the throne (Keil). They rather mean, "as king, all thy desires shall be gratified" (cf. Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 14:26; 1 Samuel 2:16; 2 Samuel 3:21). Bahr paraphrases "thou shalt have the dominion thou now strivest for," but we have absolutely no proof that Jeroboam at that time had ever meditated rebellion. It is quite possible that the idea was inspired by this interview], and shalt be king over Israel.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will take thee,.... From the low estate in which he was, to be king:

and thou shall reign according to all that thy soul desireth; he being ambitious of the kingdom, and having already formed in his mind some designs upon it:

and shall be king over Israel; the ten tribes.

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Jeroboam's Rebellion
…36And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. 38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will 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 you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you. …

2 Samuel 3:21 Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
1 Kings 11:36 I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
1 Kings 11:38 If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.