1 Kings 11:13

Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom, he intended still to show his merciful goodness, but will give one tribe to thy son for David, My servant's, sake and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen, on account of the promise 2 Samuel 7:12; for the selection of Jerusalem as a place of worship was independent of any man's actions. Solomon here serves as a warning example to all believers. Many a person who has learned to know the Lord has become a backslider and has turned again to the world and its pleasures. Let every one who standeth take heed lest he fall!