2 Kings 8:19
However LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his sons always.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shall sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:15but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee.
2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shall no more go out with us to battle, that thou not quench the lamp of Israel.
1 Kings 11:13However I will not rend away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless for David's sake LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,
2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:17-25
The Reign of Jehoram. ( b. c. 884.) 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 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 . 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his… Read the whole commentary →