2 Kings 19:34
And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
Young's Literal Translation
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
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12'Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;
2 Kings 8:19and 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.
Psalms 46:5God [is] in her midst — she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!
Psalms 48:2Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.
Isaiah 31:5As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.'
Isaiah 43:25I — I [am] He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.
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 →