2 Kings 8:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yet the Lord would not destroy Iudah, for Dauid his seruants sake, as he had promised him to giue him a light, and to his children for euer.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.
  • 2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome. 13 He shall buyld an house for my Name, & I will stablish ye throne of his kingdome for euer.
  • 2 Sam 7:15 : 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul whome I haue put away before thee.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistim, and killed him. Then Dauids men sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt goe no more out with vs to battell, lest thou quench the light of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5 : 4 But for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem, 5 Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 19:34 : 34 For I will defende this citie to saue it for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake.
  • 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to him, and to his sonnes for euer.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lorde himselfe will giue you a signe. Beholde, the virgine shall conceiue and beare a sonne, and she shal call his name Immanu-el.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, & for my seruant Dauids sake.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus sayth the Lorde, If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the order of heauen and earth, 26 Then will I cast away the seede of Iaakob and Dauid my seruant, and not take of his seede to be rulers ouer the seede of Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob: for I wil cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue compassion on them.
  • Hos 11:9 : 9 I wil not execute ye fiercenesse of my wrath: I will not returne to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man, the holy one in the middes of thee, and I will not enter into the citie.
  • Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid. 33 And hee shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdome shall bee none ende.

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  • 2 Chr 21:7-8
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    7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to him, and to his sonnes for euer.

    8 In his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4-5
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    4 But for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,

    5 Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
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    24 Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hande, as appeareth this day.

    25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight to sit vpon ye throne of Israel: so that thy childre take heed to their way, that they walke before me; as thou hast walked in my sight

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    15 Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as appeareth this day.

    16 Therefore now Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight, that shall sit vpon the throne of Israel: so that thy sonnes take heede to their wayes, to walke in my Lawe, as thou hast walked before me.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
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    34 But I will not take the whole kingdome out of his hande: for I will make him prince all his life long for Dauid my seruants sake, whome I haue chosen, and who kept my commandements and my statutes.

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
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    36 And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4 That the Lorde may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38-39
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    38 And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and doe right in my sight, to keepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israel vnto thee.

    39 And I will for this afflict the seede of Dauid, but not for euer.

  • Jer 33:17
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    17 For thus sayth the Lord, Dauid shall neuer want a man to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
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    5 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer, as I promised to Dauid thy father, saying, Thou shalt not wat a man vpon the throne of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
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    18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdome, according as I made the couenant with Dauid thy father, saying, Thou shalt not want a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • Ps 132:10-12
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    10 For thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not the face of thine Anointed.

    11 The Lord hath sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not shrinke from it, saying, Of the fruite of thy body will I set vpon thy throne.

    12 If thy sonnes keepe my couenant, and my testimonies, that I shall teach them, their sonnes also shall sit vpon thy throne for euer.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
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    12 Notwithstanding in thy dayes I will not doe it, because of Dauid thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:

    13 Howbeit I wil not rent all the Kingdome, but will giue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruant, & because of Ierusalem which I haue chosen.

  • Ps 89:33
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    33 Yet my louing kindnesse will I not take from him, neither will I falsifie my trueth.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
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    20 In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer themselues.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
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    15 But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer: no, not when the Lorde hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the earth.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
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    7 I will stablish therefore his kingdome for euer, if he endeuour himselfe to do my commandements, and my iudgements, as this day.

  • Ps 89:35-36
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    35 I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,

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

  • Jer 22:30
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    30 Thus saith the Lorde, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for there shall be no man of his seede that shall prosper & sit vpon the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8 And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commaundements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    69%

    15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul whome I haue put away before thee.

  • 2 Kgs 21:8
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    8 Neither will I make the feete of Israel, mooue any more out of the lande, which I gaue their fathers: so that they will obserue and doe all that I haue commanded them, and according to all the Lawe that my seruant Moses commanded them.

  • 1 Sam 12:22
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    22 For the Lorde will not forsake his people for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7 But the King had compassion on Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes othe, that was betweene them, euen betweene Dauid and Ionathan the sonne of Saul.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
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    18 And hee walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the Lord.

  • Ps 89:28-30
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    69%

    28 My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.

    29 His seede also will I make to endure for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen.

    30 But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:

  • 1 Kgs 8:19
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    19 Neuerthelesse thou shalt not builde the house, but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall builde the house vnto my Name.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
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    5 Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel hath giuen the kingdome ouer Israel to Dauid for euer, euen to him and to his sonnes by a couenant of salt?

  • 1 Chr 17:13-14
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    13 I wil be his father, and he shalbe my sonne, aud I will not take my mercie away from him, as I tooke it from him that was before thee.

    14 But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,

  • Ezek 17:14
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    14 That the kingdome might be in subiection, and not lift it selfe vp, but keepe their couenant, and stand to it.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
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    4 Yet as the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be King ouer Israel for euer (for in Iudah woulde he chuse a prince, & of the house of Iudah is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he delited in me to make me King ouer all Israel)

  • Jer 33:21
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    21 Then may my couenant be broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne, and with the Leuites, and Priests my ministers.

  • Amos 9:8
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    8 Beholde, the eyes of the Lord God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it cleane out of the earth. Neuerthelesse I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19 Yet Iudah kept not the commandements of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israel, which they vsed.

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this apperteine to man, O Lord God?

  • 2 Kgs 13:23
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    23 Therefore the Lorde had mercy on them & pitied them, & had respect vnto them because of his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from him as yet.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
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    16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
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    12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the Prophet, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehoshaphat thy father, nor in the wayes of Asa King of Iudah,