1 Kings 11:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;
  • 2 Kgs 8:19 : 19 But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.
  • Jer 33:17-21 : 17 For the Lord has said, David will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; 18 And the priests and the Levites will never be without a man to come before me, offering burned offerings and perfumes and meal offerings and offerings of beasts at all times. 19 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times, 21 Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.
  • Amos 9:11-12 : 11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past; 12 So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.
  • Luke 1:69-70 : 69 Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us, 79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
  • Acts 15:16-17 : 16 After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete: 17 So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
  • Gal 4:25-26 : 25 Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
  • Rev 21:10 : 10 And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
  • 2 Sam 7:29 : 29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
  • 1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    85%

    32(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

    13Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34-35
    2 verses
    79%

    34But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

    35But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

    6But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
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    4But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    78%

    16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-39
    3 verses
    76%

    37And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

    38And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

    39(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    75%

    5Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • Ps 132:17
    75%

    17There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    74%

    7But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

  • Ezek 37:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

    25And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-7
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    74%

    4Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

    5And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

  • 2 Chr 6:16
    74%

    16So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
    74%

    18Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    74%

    10He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
    74%

    19But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

  • Jer 33:17
    73%

    17For the Lord has said, David will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    73%

    4So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:10-14
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    73%

    10From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

    11And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

    13I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

    14But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

  • Ps 132:11
    73%

    11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    72%

    10And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    72%

    7So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • Ps 89:36
    72%

    36His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
    72%

    25So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    72%

    35Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    72%

    16For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

  • 2 Sam 7:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

    12And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    13He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • Deut 18:5
    71%

    5For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    71%

    7And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    71%

    7He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

  • Isa 37:35
    71%

    35For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    71%

    16And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
    71%

    8Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    70%

    5Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?