2 Kings 8:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 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 Sam 7:12-13 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 7:15 : 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
  • 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 15:4-5 : 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; 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.
  • 2 Kgs 19:34 : 34 For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
  • 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.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 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.
  • Hos 11:9 : 9 I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.
  • Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: 33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 21:7-8
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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.

    8 In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5
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    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;

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
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    24 And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
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    34 But 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
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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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38-39
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    38 And 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.)

  • Jer 33:17
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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;

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
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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.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
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    18 Then 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.

  • Ps 132:10-12
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    10 Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.

    11 The 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.

    12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
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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.

    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.

  • Ps 89:33
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    33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
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    20 In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
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    15 And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
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    7 I 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.

  • Ps 89:35-36
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    35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

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

  • Jer 22:30
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    30 The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8 And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    69%

    15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

  • 2 Kgs 21:8
    69%

    8 And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

  • 1 Sam 12:22
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    22 For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7 But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
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    18 He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Ps 89:28-30
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    69%

    28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

    29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

    30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

  • 1 Kgs 8:19
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    19 But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
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    5 Is 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?

  • 1 Chr 17:13-14
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    13 I 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;

    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.

  • Ezek 17:14
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    14 So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
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    4 Though 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;

  • Jer 33:21
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    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 9:8
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    8 See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19 (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • 2 Kgs 13:23
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    23 But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
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    16 From 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.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
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    12 And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,