2 Kings 8:19
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Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
In other translations
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Hebrew words
וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808אָבָה'avahhe was willingH14יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לְהַשְׁחִיתlehashchitto destroyH7843אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063לְמַעַןlema'anfor [the] sake ofH4616דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732עַבְדּוֹavdoservant hisH5650כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834אָמַר־'amar-he had saidH559לוֹloto himלָתֵתlatetto giveH5414לוֹloto himנִירnira lampH5216לְבָנָיוlevanavto sons hisH1121כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיָּמִים׃haiyamimthe daysH3117
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- 1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
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- Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Hosea 11:9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.
- Jeremiah 33:25-2625 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.25 This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
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