2 Kings 8:19

2 Kings 8:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

Context of 2 Kings 8:19

17He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. For the sake of his servant David, the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah, since he had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever. 20During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king. 21So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their tents.

2 Kings 8:19 word by word

וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְהַשְׁחִ֣ית אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־ל֗וֹ לָתֵ֨ת ל֥וֹ נִ֛יר לְבָנָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• wouldאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• not destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• for Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• his servant’sעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• sake, as he promisedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• him to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• him alwayיוֹםyôm · day: alwaysH3117
• a lightנִירnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
• to his childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:19

• 2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
• 2 Samuel 7:12When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• 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 I chose for myself to put my name there.
• 1 Kings 15:4But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by preserving Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 21:7but for the sake of the covenant the Lord had made with David, he was unwilling to destroy the house of David since the Lord had promised to give a lamp to David and to his sons forever.
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
• Isaiah 37:35I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
• Jeremiah 33:25This is what the Lord says: If I do not keep my covenant with the day and with the night, and if I fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,
• Hosea 11:9I will not vent 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; I will not come in rage.
• Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19To give him alway a light - To give him a successor in his own family.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1 Kings 22:50. 2 Kings 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah;” but they contradict all the other chronological notices of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22:42, 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 20:31, which give him a reign of at least twenty-three years. Hence, some have supposed that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Even though Jehoram was wicked, God did not destroy Judah. He honored his promise to David (2 Samuel 7:11–16). The Lord promised to keep David’s descendants on Judah's throne as a symbol of God's grace (1 Kings 11:36). God's promises to David are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus (Ezekiel 34:23–31), who is the light of the world (John 4:1–5).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:19

• Children
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• Intercession
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoram

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings