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

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

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

And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

And I will take you up, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires. And you shall be king over Israel.

According to all that thy soul desireth - It appears from this that Jeroboam had affected the kingdom, and was seeking for an opportunity to seize on the government. God now tells him, by his prophet, what he shall have, and what he shall not have, in order to prevent him from attempting to seize on the whole kingdom, to the prejudice of the spiritual seed of David.

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.