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2 Kings 8:19

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.

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ASV

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
אָבָ֤ה'a.Vahhe was willingH14 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְהַשְׁחִ֣יתle.hash.Chitto destroyH7843 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616 →
דָּוִ֣דda.VidDavidH1732 →
עַבְדּ֑וֹav.Doservant hisH5650 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
אָֽמַר־'a.mar-he had saidH559 →
ל֗וֹloto him
לָתֵ֨תla.Tetto giveH5414 →
ל֥וֹloto him
נִ֛ירnira lampH5216 →
לְבָנָ֖יוle.va.Navto sons hisH1121 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →

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1 Kings 11:36I 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.2 Samuel 7:12–13And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”2 Samuel 7:15But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,Hosea 11:9I 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.Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.2 Chronicles 21:7Yet 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.Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”Jeremiah 33:25–26This 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,1 Kings 15:4–5Nevertheless, 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.2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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