1 Kings 15:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י לְמַ֣עַן דָּוִ֔ד נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֥יו ל֛וֹ נִ֖יר בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם לְהָקִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וּֽלְהַעֲמִ֖יד אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

For for-sake-of dāwid nātan yhwh ʾĕlōhāyw to-him nîr in-yәrûshālāim to-hāqîm ʾet-bәnô after-him and-to-haʿămîd ʾet-yәrûshālāim.

Grammar Details

• *dāwid*: proper name with prefix lәmaʿan (for the sake of) - David
• *nātan*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - gave/granted
• *yhwh*: divine name - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
• *nîr*: noun, masculine singular - lamp/light/dominion
• *yәrûshālāim*: proper name with direct object marker ʾet - Jerusalem
• *hāqîm*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lә- (to/for) - to raise up/establish
• *bәnô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with direct object marker ʾet - his son
• *haʿămîd*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lә- (to/for) - to establish/maintain

Word Meanings

• *nātan*: gave/granted/allowed/permitted
• *nîr*: lamp/light/dominion/kingdom continuation
• *hāqîm*: to raise up/establish/maintain/set up
• *bәnô*: his son
• *haʿămîd*: to establish/maintain/cause to stand

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
• Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
• Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
• Ps 132:17 : 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
• Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• Isa 62:7 : 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
• Jer 33:2 : 2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
• Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to emiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, 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 teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Luke 1:69-79 : 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Rom 11:28 : 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Gen 19:29 : 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
• Gen 26:5 : 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my char, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• Deut 4:37 : 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
• 1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)