2 Kings 8:19
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.
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2 Samuel 7:12And it shall come to pass when your days shall have been fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, even your own issue, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:15But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence.
2 Samuel 21:17And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore, saying, You shall not any longer go out with us to battle, and you shall not quench the lamp of Israel.
1 Kings 11:13Only I will not take away the whole kingdom: I will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.
1 Kings 15:4Howbeit for David's sake the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might establish his children after him, and might establish Jerusalem.
2 Kings 19:34And I will defend this city as with a shield, 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 →