2 Chronicles 21:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Howbeit the Lord woulde not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenaunt that he had made with Dauid, as he promised to geue a light to hym and to his sonnes for euer.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And vnto his sonne will I geue one tribe, that Dauid my seruaut may haue a light alway before me in Hierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my name there.
  • 2 Sam 7:12-17 : 12 And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome. 13 He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer. 14 I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee. 16 And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer. 17 According to all these wordes and according to all this vision, so dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid.
  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 Howbeit, I will not take away all the kingdome: But will geue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruaut, and because of Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia succoured him, & smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto him, saying: Thou shalt go no more out with vs to battaile, that thou quenche not the light of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 For so shal not my house be with God: For he hath made with me an euerlasting couenaunt, perfect and sure in all poyntes: and this is truly all my health, and all my desyre, that it growe, but not as grasse.
  • 2 Kgs 8:19 : 19 And the Lord woulde not destroy Iuda and that because of Dauid his seruaunt, as he promised him, to geue him alway a light among his children.
  • 2 Chr 22:11 : 11 And Iehosabeth the daughter of the king, toke Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu, and stale him from among the kinges sonnes that were slayne, & put him and his nurse in a priuie chamber: and so Iehosabeth the daughter of king Iehoram the wyfe of Iehoiada the priest, and the sister of Ahaziahu hid him from Athaliahu, that he was not slayne.
  • Ps 89:28-34 : 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym. 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen. 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement: 31 if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes, 32 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes. 33 Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym. 34 I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes.
  • Ps 89:39 : 39 Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt: thou hast disgraced his crowne, castyng it on the grounde.
  • Ps 132:11 : 11 God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body.
  • Ps 132:17-18 : 17 I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted. 18 I wyll clothe his enemies with shame: but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe.
  • Isa 7:6-7 : 6 Saying, we wyll go vp against Iuda, vexe them, and bryng them vnder vs, and set a kyng there, euen the sonne of Tabel: 7 Thus saith the Lorde God thereto, It shal not so go foorth, neither so come to passe.
  • Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus saith the Lorde: May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken, that there shoulde not be day and night in due season? 21 Then may my couenaunt also be broken whiche I made with Dauid my seruaunt, and so he not to haue a sonne to raigne in his throne: so shall also the Priestes and Leuites neuer fayle, but serue me. 22 For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred, neither the sande of the sea measured: so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt, and the Leuites my ministers. 23 Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came to Ieremie, saying: 24 Considerest thou not what this people speaketh? Two kinredes say they had the Lorde chosen, and those same two hath he cast away: for so they haue despised my people, and they reputed them as though they were no people. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If I haue made no couenaunt with day and night, and geuen no statute vnto heauen and earth: 26 Then will I also cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruaunt, so that I wyll take no prince out of his seede to rule the posteritie of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob: but yet I will turne agayne their captiuitie, and be mercyfull vnto them.
  • Luke 1:69 : 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 8:19
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    19And the Lord woulde not destroy Iuda and that because of Dauid his seruaunt, as he promised him, to geue him alway a light among his children.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

    4Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God geue him a lyght in Hierusalem, that he set vp his sonne after him, and stablished Hierusalem:

    5Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he commaunded him all the dayes of his lyfe, saue onely in the matter of Urias the Hethite.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
    76%

    18Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome, according as I made the couenaunt with Dauid thy father, saying: Thou shalt not be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • Jer 33:17
    76%

    17For thus the Lorde promiseth, Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel:

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    75%

    15Thou whiche hast kept with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him, thou saydest it with thy mouth, & hast fulfilled it with thyne handes, as it is to see this day.

    16And nowe Lorde God of Israel, kepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him, saying, Thou shalt in my sight not be without a man that shall sit vpon the seate of Israel, so that thy children take heede to their wayes to walke in my lawe, as thou hast walked before me.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
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    75%

    24Thou that hast kept with thy seruaut Dauid my father that thou promisedst him: Thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thyne hand, as it is come to passe this day.

    25Therfore now Lorde God of Israel, keepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father that thou promisedst him, saying, Thou shalt not be without a man in my sight to syt on the seate of Israel: so that thy childre take heede to their way, that they walke before me, as thou hast walked in my sight.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    74%

    34I will not take the whole kingdome out of his hand: But I will make him chiefe all his lyfe long for Dauid my seruauntes sake whom I chose: because he kept my commaundementes and my statutes:

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
    74%

    36And vnto his sonne will I geue one tribe, that Dauid my seruaut may haue a light alway before me in Hierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my name there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    74%

    4That the Lorde also may make good his worde which he spake vnto me, saying: If thy children take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their heartes, & with al their soules, thou shalt not (saith he) be without a man on the seate of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38-39
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    38And if thou hearken vnto all that I commaunde thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and do that is right in my sight, that thou kepe my statutes and my commaundementes as Dauid my seruaunt dyd, then will I be with thee, and buyld thee a sure house, as I buylt for my seruaunt Dauid, and will geue Israel vnto thee:

    39And I will for this offence whiche Solomon hath committed vexe the seede of Dauid, but nor for euer.

  • 2 Sam 7:15-16
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    74%

    15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee.

    16And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.

  • Ps 132:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body.

    12If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them: their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
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    5Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer, as I promised to Dauid thy father, saying: Thou shalt not be without a ma vpon the seate of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7But the king had compassion on Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes oth that was betweene them, euen betweene Dauid & Ionathan the sonne of Saul.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    74%

    7I wyll stablishe his kingdome for euer, if he wyll be strong to do my commaundementes and my lawes, as it goeth this day.

  • 1 Chr 17:11-14
    4 verses
    74%

    11This also shal come to passe: when thy dayes be expired that thou must go vnto thy fathers, I will rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and I will stablishe his kingdome.

    12He shall buylde me an house, and I wil stablishe his seate for euer.

    13I wilbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will not take my mercie away from him, as I toke it from hym that was before thee.

    14But I wil stablishe him in myne house and my kingdome for euer, and his seate shalbe sure for euermore.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    73%

    13He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    73%

    5Do not you knowe how that the Lord God of Israel gaue the kingdome ouer them of Israel to Dauid for euer, euen to him and to his sonnes, with a salted couenaunt?

  • 2 Sam 7:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25And nowe Lorde God, the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt and his house, make it good for euer, and do as thou hast saide:

    26And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say, The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
    73%

    15But I require that thou cut not of thy mercy from my house for euer, no not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the face of the earth.

  • Jer 33:21
    72%

    21Then may my couenaunt also be broken whiche I made with Dauid my seruaunt, and so he not to haue a sonne to raigne in his throne: so shall also the Priestes and Leuites neuer fayle, but serue me.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Notwithstanding, in thy dayes I will not do it, because of Dauid thy father: but wil take it fro the hand of thy sonne.

    13Howbeit, I will not take away all the kingdome: But will geue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruaut, and because of Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    71%

    7And he put an image of a groue that he had made euen in the temple, of which the Lord had sayd to Dauid and Solomon his sonne: in this house and in Hierusalem which I haue chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45And king Solomon shalbe blessed, and the seate of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
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    21Swere nowe therfore vnto me by the Lorde, that thou shalt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou shalt not put my name out of my fathers house.

  • Ps 89:35-36
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    35I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid.

    36His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
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    3And all the congregation made a bonde with the king in the house of God, and he sayd vnto them: Beholde, the kinges sonne must raigne, as the Lorde hath sayde of the children of Dauid.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    70%

    10He shall buylde an house for my name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wilbe his father, and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God?

  • Jer 22:30
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    30Thus saith the Lorde, Write this man destitute of chyldren: for no prosperitie shall this man haue all his dayes, neyther shall any of his seede be so happie as to sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and to beare rule any more in Iuda.

  • Ezek 37:25
    70%

    25They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, wheras your fathers also haue dwelt, yea euen in the same land shal they, their children, & their childers children dwell for euermore: and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23Therfore now Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruaunt & his house, be true for euer, that thou Lord do as thou hast sayde:

  • Ps 89:28
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    28My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym.

  • Ezek 17:14
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    14That the kyngdome might be holden in subiection, and not lift vp it selfe, but kepe the couenaunt, and stande to it.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
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    11And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    69%

    8I did rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, & gaue it thee: Neuerthelesse, thou hast not ben as my seruaunt Dauid, which kept my commaundementes, and folowed me with all his heart, to do that onely which was right in myne eyes:

  • Ps 89:33
    69%

    33Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym.

  • Ps 132:17
    69%

    17I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted.