2 Kings 8:19

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But for David’s sake the Lord didn’t want to destroy Judah. The Lord had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a ⌞shining⌟ lamp.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to help David. He attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore an oath, saying, “You’ll never go into battle with us again. The lamp of Israel must never be extinguished.”

2 Samuel 7:15

But I will never stop showing him my love as I did to Saul, whom I took out of your way.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your royal house will remain in my presence  forever. Your throne will be established forever.’ ”

1 Kings 11:12

But I will not do it in your lifetime because of your father David. I will tear it away from the hands of your son.

1 Kings 11:13

However, I will not tear the whole kingdom away from you. I will give your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, ⌞the city⌟ that I chose.”

1 Kings 11:36

I will give his son one tribe so that my servant David will always have a lamp in my presence in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to place my name.

2 Kings 11:2

But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash. She saved him from being killed with the king’s other sons, and in a bedroom she hid him and his nurse from Athaliah. So Joash wasn’t killed

2 Kings 19:34

“I will shield this city to rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord, recalling the promise  he had made to David, didn’t want to destroy David’s family. The Lord had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a ⌞shining⌟ lamp.

Psalm 132:10

For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one.

Psalm 132:17

There I will make a horn sprout up for David. I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one.

Isaiah 37:35

“I will shield this city to rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

Isaiah 7:14

So the Lord himself will give you this sign: A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel [God Is With Us].

Hosea 11:9

I will not act on my burning anger. I will not destroy Ephraim again. I am God, not a human. I am the Holy One among you, and I will not come to you in anger.