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2 Kings 8:19
19Nevertheless, 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for he had promised his servant David that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.
Context of 2 Kings 8:19
17He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 18He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 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. 20In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. 21So Jehoram went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home.
Read all of 2 Kings 82 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 save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ”
- 2 Samuel 7:12When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
- 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David, the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.
- Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 37:35“I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”
- Jeremiah 33:25This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night and established the laws of heaven and earth,
- Hosea 11:9I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. 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
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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
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