2 Kings 8:19
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Kings 8:19 in other translations
| BSB | Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever. |
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| WEB | However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always. |
| ASV | Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway. |
| YLT | and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp--to his sons all the days. |
| DARBY | But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons. |
| BBE | But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 8:19 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 8:16-24
A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.
2 Kings 8:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 8:19
- 1 Kings 11:36
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 Samuel 7:12-13
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. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- 2 Samuel 7:15
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
- Luke 1:32-33
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
- Hosea 11:9
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
- Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- 2 Samuel 21:17
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 Kings 15:4-5
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: Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7
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.
- 2 Kings 19:34
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Jeremiah 33:25-26
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; 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.
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Context
- 2 Kings 8:18
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 8:19
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
- 2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
2 Kings 8:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Con todo eso, Jehová no quiso cortar á Judá, por amor de David su siervo, como le había prometido darle lámpara de sus hijos perpetuamente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais l’ Éternel ne voulut point détruire Juda, à cause de David, son serviteur, selon ce qu’il lui avait dit, qu’il lui donnerait une lampe pour ses fils, à toujours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber Jehova wollte Juda nicht verderben um seines Knechtes David willen, so wie er ihm gesagt hatte, daß er ihm eine Leuchte geben wolle für seine Söhne alle Tage. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Noluit autem Dominus disperdere Judam, propter David servum suum, sicut promiserat ei, ut daret illi lucernam, et filiis ejus cunctis diebus. |