2 Kings 19:34
And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
In Context
33By the way that he came, so shall he return. And he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12Yet truly, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David. From the hand of your son, I will tear it away.
2 Kings 8:19But the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, because of David, his servant, just as he had promised him, so that he might grant a light to him and to his sons, for all days.
Psalms 46:5He has chosen us for his inheritance: the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.
Psalms 48:2Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:
Isaiah 31:5Like birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and freeing, passing over and saving.
Isaiah 43:25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:21-35
Sennacherib's Fall Predicted. ( b. c. 710.) 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted… Read the whole commentary →