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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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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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

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

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