1 Kings 11:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 8:19 : 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.
  • 1 Kgs 11:13 : 13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.
  • Jer 33:17-21 : 17 For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 18 Neither shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 19 And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season, 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.
  • Amos 9:11-12 : 11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old. 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, says the LORD who does this.
  • Luke 1:69-70 : 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began,
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Acts 15:16-17 : 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; and I will build again its ruins, and I will set it up: 17 That the rest of mankind might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, says the Lord, who does all these things.
  • Gal 4:25-26 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Rev 21:10 : 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put My name there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
  • 2 Sam 7:29 : 29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
  • 1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

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  • 1 Kgs 11:32
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    32(But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 1 Kgs 11:12-13
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    82%

    12Nevertheless in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

    13However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34-35
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    34However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

    35But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-7
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    5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

    6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

    7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
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    4Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
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    16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-39
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    37And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

    38And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

    39And I will for this afflict the offspring of David, but not forever.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
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    5Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.

  • Ps 132:17
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    17There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
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    7However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

  • Ezek 37:24-25
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    24And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

    25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-7
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    4However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel:

    5And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

    6And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

    7Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he remains steadfast to obey my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

  • 2 Chr 6:16
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    16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
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    18Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
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    10He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
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    19Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.

  • Jer 33:17
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    17For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:10-14
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    10And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

    11And it shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

    12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

    13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you:

    14But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.

  • Ps 132:11
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    11The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

  • Ps 89:36
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    36His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25
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    25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father what you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
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    35Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Sam 7:11-13
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    11And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

    12And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

    13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • Deut 18:5
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    5For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.

  • 2 Chr 33:7
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    7And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
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    7And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'

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    35For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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    16And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
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    8Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  • 2 Chr 13:5
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    5Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons by a covenant of salt?