What Does 1 Kings 11:35 Mean in the King James?
But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The kingdom is not destroyed; it is taken from one hand and placed in another.
THE MEANING
Power does not stay fixed in one hand: the kingdom is taken from a son and given to another. The verse speaks now as a stark transfer, what is held can be removed, and what leaves one hand can become another’s charge.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Inherited authority cannot be taken away.
THE ROOT
הַמְּלוּכָה
ha-melukhah
GROWS FROM
מלך
M-L-K
rule, reign
English can let “kingdom” sound like a possession or territory; the root also carries the act of reigning. The handoff therefore concerns authority itself, not merely a tract of land.
ALSO GROWS
melekh: king
מֶלֶךְ
The king and the kingdom grow from the same root of rule; here, the ruling authority changes hands.
malakh: to reign
מָלַךְ
This branch names the act of rule, bringing out what is actually transferred with the kingdom.
malkut: kingship, kingdom
מַלְכוּת
It keeps the sense of reigning visible inside the word translated “kingdom.”
וּנְתַתִּיהָ
u-netattiyha
GROWS FROM
נתן
N-T-N
give, set, place
“give” in this verse is u-netattiyha. The verse sets taking beside nathan, giving, setting, placing, so removal is followed by placement. What is taken does not vanish; it is put into another hand.
ALSO GROWS
mattanah: gift
מַתָּנָה
The root names not only the act of giving but also what is given; the kingdom is presented as something bestowed.
nātun: given, placed
נָתוּן
This form makes the result of the giving visible: the new holder is set in a position of rule.
THE PATTERN
Power does not stay fixed in one hand: God brings one down and raises another.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.THE THREAD
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:The Hebrew melukhah (מְלוּכָה, kingship or kingdom) and Daniel’s Aramaic malkin (מַלְכִין, kings) share the מלך (M-L-K, rule or reign) root. Daniel names both sides of this verse’s movement, removing rulers and setting them up, so the loss and the new placement read as one transfer of authority.
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