1 Kings 15:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

BSB

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ASV

Nevertheless for David’s sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

KJV

Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Nevertheless, for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem,.... A kingdom there, as the Targum, splendid and glorious, to be continued in his posterity: to set up his son after him; in it: and to establish Jerusalem: to continue that in which the temple was, for the sake of which, and the worship of God in it, there was a succession of David's posterity on the throne of Judah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A lamp - A son and successor to perpetuate his name and memory, which otherwise had gone into obscurity. Jerusalem - That he might maintain that city, and temple, and worship, as a witness for God, in the world, against the Israelites and heathen world.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

David was guilty of other faults, but they were nothing in comparison of that; yet even that being repented of, though it be mentioned for warning to others, did not prevail to throw him out of the covenant, nor to cut off the entail of the promise upon his seed.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To set up his son - The idolatry of Abijam deserved the same punishment as that of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:10-14, of Baasha 1Ki 16:2-4, or of Zimri 1Ki 16:19, the cutting off of his seed, and the transfer of the crown to another family. That these consequences did not follow in the kingdom of Judah, was owing to the “faithfulness” of David (see the marginal reference), which brought a blessing on his posterity.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	for [the] sake of	H4616 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
נָתַן֩	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֥יו	'e.lo.Hav	God his	H430 →
ל֛וֹ	lo	to him
נִ֖יר	nir	a lamp	H5216 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
לְהָקִ֤ים	le.ha.Kim	by raising up	H6965 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנוֹ֙	be.No	son his	H1121 →
אַחֲרָ֔יו	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →
וּֽלְהַעֲמִ֖יד	u.le.ha.'a.Mid	and by establishing	H5975 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:9
  I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- Galatians 3:14
  He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Genesis 18:18
  Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 17:4–6
  “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 28:3–4
  May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Through
Psalms 132:17
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
leads to
- Luke 1:69
  He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 21:7
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants…
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:36
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
leads to
- 2 Kings 20:6
  I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings