2 Kings 19:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י אֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י וּלְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֥ד עַבְדִּֽי׃

Transliteration

wə-gannôtî to hā-ʿîr ha-zōʾt lə-hôšîʿāh for-my-sake and for-sake-of dāwid ʿaḇdî.

Grammar Details

• *wə-gannôtî*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will defend/protect
• *ʾel-hā-ʿîr*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the city
• *ha-zōʾt*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *lə-hôšîʿāh*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to save it
• *lə-maʿănî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - for my sake
• *û-ləmaʿan*: conjunction + preposition - and for sake of
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *ʿaḇdî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my servant

Word Meanings

• *gannôtî*: defend/protect/shield
• *lə-hôšîʿāh*: to save it/to deliver it/to rescue it

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 20:6 : 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• 1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 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. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
• Isa 31:5 : 5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
• Isa 38:6 : 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
• 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 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:
• Ps 46:5-6 : 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved{H8735)}: God shall help{H8799)} her, and that right{H8800)} early. 6 The heathen raged{H8804)}, the kingdoms were moved{H8804)}: he uttered{H8804)} his voice, the earth melted{H8799)}.
• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
• 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 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Isa 48:9 : 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
• Isa 48:11 : 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Jer 33:21 : 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.
• Jer 33:26 : 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.
• Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Eph 1:14 : 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Ps 48:2-8 : 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known{H8738)} in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled{H8738)}, they passed by{H8804)} together. 5 They saw{H8804)} it, and so they marvelled{H8804)}; they were troubled{H8738)}, and hasted away{H8738)}. 6 Fear took hold{H8804)} upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail{H8802)}. 7 Thou breakest{H8762)} the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 8 As we have heard{H8804)}, so have we seen{H8804)} in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish{H8787)} it for ever. Selah.