2 Chronicles 21:7 BSB

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 forever.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

KJV

Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

These things we had before, 2 Kings viii. The tenour of the covenant was that David's seed should be visited for their transgressions, but the covenant should never be broken, Ps. lxxxix.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
אָבָ֣ה	'a.Vah	he was willing	H14 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְהַשְׁחִית֙	le.hash.Chit	to destroy	H7843 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
דָּוִ֔יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	on account of	H4616 →
הַבְּרִ֔ית	ha.be.Rit	the covenant	H1285 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
כָּרַ֖ת	ka.Rat	he had made	H3772 →
לְדָוִ֑יד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ve.kha.'a.Sher	and <as> since	H834 →
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	he had said	H559 →
לָתֵ֨ת	la.Tet	to give	H5414 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	to him
נִ֛יר	nir	a lamp	H5216 →
וּלְבָנָ֖יו	u.le.va.Nav	and to descendants his	H1121 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →

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
Luke 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
leads to
- Isaiah 9:2
  The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Matthew 4:16
  the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
- Isaiah 42:7
  to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Through
Luke 1:69
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
leads to
- Psalms 18:2
  The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ezekiel 29:21
  In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- 2 Samuel 22:3
  My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.