And Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and caused him to die. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall not again go out with us to battle, that you not cause to go out the lamp of Israel.
Only I will not tear away all the kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for my servant David’s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.
And I will give one tribe to his son, that there may be a lamp to My servant David before Me all the days in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself, to put My name there.
But Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the sons of the king’s sons who were caused to die, him and his nurse, in the bedroom. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he had not died.
And Jehovah was not willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had spoken, to give a lamp to him and to his sons all the days.
I will not execute the heat of My anger; I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not a man, the Holy One in your midst. And I will not enter into the city.