Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Kings 12:17 in English Standard Version "But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah." 1Ki 11:13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.” 1Ki 11:36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.