For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor 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.’”
And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
And I will defend this city, to save it, For mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC