2 Kings 8:19
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.
KJV
Noluit autem Dominus disperdere Judam, propter David servum suum, sicut promiserat ei, ut daret illi lucernam, et filiis ejus cunctis diebus.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Κύριος διαφθεῖραι τὸν Ἰούδαν διὰ Δαυεὶδ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, καθὼς εἶπεν δοῦναι αὐτῷ λύχνον πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/לֹֽא אָבָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְ/הַשְׁחִ֣ית אֶת יְהוּדָ֔ה לְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑/וֹ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר ל֗/וֹ לָ/תֵ֨ת ל֥/וֹ נִ֛יר לְ/בָנָ֖י/ו כָּל הַ/יָּמִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:36 — And 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.
- 1Kgs 11:36 — And 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.
- 2Chr 21:7 — 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.
- 2Sam 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2Sam 7:15 — But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- Hos 11:9 — I 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.
- Isa 37:35 — For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Luke 1:32 — He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
- Ps 132:17 — There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.