36 But (A)to his son I will give one tribe, (B)so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, (C)the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

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36 I will give one tribe(A) to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp(B) before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.

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But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a (A)lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem,

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Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp(A) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

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19 However, the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, (A)since He had [a]promised him to give him a [b]lamp through his sons always.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:19 Lit said to him
  2. 2 Kings 8:19 I.e., descendant on the throne

19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy(A) Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp(B) for David and his descendants forever.

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Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, (A)and because He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

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Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David,(A) the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David.(B) He had promised to maintain a lamp(C) for him and his descendants forever.

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28 For You (A)light my lamp;
The Lord my God (B)illumines my darkness.

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28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(A) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(B)

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