1 Kings 15:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 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.
  • 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 18:28 : 28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
  • Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
  • Isa 62:7 : 7 And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.
  • Jer 33:2 : 2 These are the words of the Lord, who is doing it, the Lord who is forming it, to make it certain; the Lord is his name;
  • Jer 33:20-26 : 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. 22 As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants. 23 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation. 25 The Lord has said, If I have not made day and night, and if the limits of heaven and earth have not been fixed by me, 26 Then I will give up caring for 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 let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.
  • Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it. 2 And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • Luke 1:69-79 : 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,) 71 Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us; 72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, 73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father, 74 That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship, 75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our days. 76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins, 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.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • Rom 11:28 : 28 As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.
  • Gen 26:5 : 5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
  • Deut 4:37 : 37 And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;
  • 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 And 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. 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 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 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.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
  • 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,)

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    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.

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    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.

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    36 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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    5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

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    4 So 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.

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    16 So 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.

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    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

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

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    25 So 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.

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    5 Then 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.

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    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;

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    14 But 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.

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    2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

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    3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

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

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

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

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

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    11 And 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.

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    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

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