2 Kings 8:19

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
  • 2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  • 2 Sam 7:15 : 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5 : 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem; 5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 19:34 : 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
  • 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
  • Hos 11:9 : 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 come in wrath.
  • Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 21:7-8
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    7Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.

    8In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5
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    80%

    4Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

    5because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
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    76%

    24who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

    25Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    15who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

    16Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
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    34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
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    36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38-39
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    38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

    39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

  • Jer 33:17
    73%

    17For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    72%

    5then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
    72%

    18then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • Ps 132:10-12
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    72%

    10For thy servant David's sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.

    11Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

    12If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
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    72%

    12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

    13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

  • Ps 89:33
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    33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
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    20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
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    15but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
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    7And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day.

  • Ps 89:35-36
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    35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

    36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

  • Jer 22:30
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    30Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    69%

    8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes,

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    69%

    15but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

  • 2 Kgs 21:8
    69%

    8neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

  • 1 Sam 12:22
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    22For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    69%

    18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

  • Ps 89:28-30
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    69%

    28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

    29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

    30If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

  • 1 Kgs 8:19
    69%

    19nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    68%

    5Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

  • 1 Chr 17:13-14
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    13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

    14but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

  • Ezek 17:14
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    14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
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    4Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;

  • Jer 33:21
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    21then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

  • Amos 9:8
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    8Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!

  • 2 Kgs 13:23
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    23But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
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    16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
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    12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,