2 Kings 8:19
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But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.

2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Kings 11:36
And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

Psalm 132:17
There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

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But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.

for David

2 Kings 19:34 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

2 Samuel 7:12,13,15 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. . . .

1 Kings 11:36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

1 Kings 15:4,5 But 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 Chronicles 21:7 But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

Isaiah 37:35 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Jeremiah 33:25,26 Thus saith the Lord. If I have not set my covenant between day and night, and laws to heaven and earth: . . .

Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: because I am God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city.

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

light [heb] candle, or lamp

1 Kings 11:36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

Context
Jehoram Reigns in Judah
18And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 19But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.
Lexicon
Yet for the sake
לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

of His servant
עַבְדּ֑וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

David,
דָּוִ֣ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

was unwilling
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to destroy
לְהַשְׁחִ֣ית (lə·haš·ḥîṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

Judah,
יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

since
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He had promised
אָֽמַר־ (’ā·mar-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to maintain
לָתֵ֨ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

a lamp
נִ֛יר (nîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5216: A lamp, light

for David
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

[and] his descendants
לְבָנָ֖יו (lə·ḇā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

forever.
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Additional Translations
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.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.

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.

But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant's sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.

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.

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

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.

However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

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.
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