2 Kings 8:19

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And YHWH was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He promised to him to give to him a lamp for his sons all the days.

Latin

Noluit autem Dominus disperdere Judam, propter David servum suum, sicut promiserat ei, ut daret illi lucernam, et filiis ejus cunctis diebus.

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English

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.

Notes

2 Kings 8:19

Even though Jehoram was wicked, God did not destroy Judah. He honored his promise to David (2 Samuel 7:11–16).
The Lord promised to keep David’s descendants on Judah's throne as a symbol of God's grace (1 Kings 11:36). God's promises to David are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus (Ezekiel 34:23–31), who is the light of the world (John 4:1–5).

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha God’s Covenant with David The Sovereignty of God

Events

Reign of Jehoram

Related verses

1 Kings 11:36
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
2 Samuel 7:12–13
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Hosea 11:9
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
Isaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
2 Samuel 7:15
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
Luke 1:32–33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Jeremiah 33:25–26
This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
1 Kings 15:4–5
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
2 Kings 19:34
I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
2 Chronicles 21:7
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 21:1–7

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Ahab (King) Baal (Idol) Jehoram Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Children of the Righteous, Blessed of God God: Faithfulness of Intercession: Intercessional Influence of the Righteous Jehoram: King of Judah: Marries Athaliah, Whose Wicked Counsels Influence his Reign for Evil Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Jehoram or Joram Prophecies Concerning Israel: Jehoram, Also Called Joram, Reigns in Place of his Father, Jehoshaphat

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