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He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for he had promised his servant David that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, <i>and</i> to his children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him <i>and</i> his sons forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give him a lamp through his sons always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />However, Yahweh was not willing to make Judah a ruin, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet for the sake of His servant David the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, since He had promised to give him a lamp (enthroned descendant) through his sons always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the sake of his servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since he had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah because of His servant David, since He had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD refused to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, because he had promised his servant David that his descendants would always continue to rule. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But the LORD remained unwilling to destroy Judah for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to keep David's lamp burning brightly through his descendants every day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />However the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />However, Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and YHWH was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He said to him, to give a lamp to him—to his sons [for] all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah Would not destroy Judah on account of David his servant, as he said to give to him a light for his sons all the days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Even so, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David. For he had promised David that he would leave him a holding in the LORD’s presence for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised to him that he would give an heir to his children all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH did not choose to destroy Yehuda, because of David his Servant, as he said to him that he would give him and his children a lamp for all days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David His servant's sake, as He promised him to give unto him a lamp and to his children alway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/8-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2722" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">Jehoram Reigns in Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Prep) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">Yet for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">of His servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">was unwilling</a> <a href="/hebrew/14.htm" title="14: ’ā·ḇāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be willing, to consent. A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to be acquiescent."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: lə·haš·ḥîṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">to destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He had promised</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to maintain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5216.htm" title="5216: nîr (N-ms) -- A lamp. Or nir; also neyr; or ner; or nerah; from a primitive root properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp or light.">a lamp</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for David</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: lə·ḇā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and his descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">forever.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a></span><br />And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm">1 Kings 15:4</a></span><br />Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">2 Chronicles 21:7</a></span><br />Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-28.htm">Psalm 89:28-37</a></span><br />I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. / I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. / If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a></span><br />Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Jeremiah 33:17-21</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, / nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.” / And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a></span><br />and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-17.htm">Matthew 1:17</a></span><br />In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-69.htm">Luke 1:69</a></span><br />He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Acts 2:30</a></span><br />But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3</a></span><br />regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a></span><br />And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.</p><p class="hdg">for David</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-34.htm">2 Kings 19:34</a></b></br> For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12,13,15</a></b></br> And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></b></br> And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.</p><p class="hdg">light [heb] candle, or lamp</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></b></br> And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">Alway</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm">Always</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-50.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-23.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm">However</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-16.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm">Lamp</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm">Maintain</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-3.htm">Nevertheless</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-5.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-13.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">Servant's</a> <a 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class="vheading2">2 Kings 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the famine, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land restored by the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm">Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad and succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-16.htm">Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">Edom and Libnah revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-23.htm">Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-25.htm">Ahaziah's wicked reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet for the sake of His servant David</b><br>This phrase highlights the covenantal relationship between God and David. God made a promise to David that his lineage would endure, as seen in <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>. This covenant is central to understanding the Davidic line and its significance in biblical history. David is often referred to as a "servant" of God, emphasizing his role as a chosen leader and a man after God's own heart (<a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a>). This relationship underscores the importance of faithfulness and obedience to God.<p><b>the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah</b><br>Despite the unfaithfulness and idolatry of many of Judah's kings, God chose not to destroy Judah entirely. This reflects God's mercy and faithfulness to His promises. The preservation of Judah is significant in the biblical narrative, as it is through Judah that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would come. This decision also highlights the theme of divine patience and long-suffering, as God continually gives His people opportunities to repent.<p><b>since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David</b><br>The metaphor of a "lamp" signifies the continuation of David's lineage and the enduring presence of his dynasty. This imagery is also found in <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a>, where God promises to give one tribe to Solomon's son so that David's line would always have a "lamp" before God in Jerusalem. The lamp symbolizes hope, guidance, and the enduring light of God's covenant with David, which ultimately points to Jesus Christ, the Light of the World (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>).<p><b>and his descendants forever</b><br>This phrase underscores the eternal nature of God's promise to David. The promise of an everlasting dynasty is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is a descendant of David and whose kingdom will have no end (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>). This eternal aspect of the promise is crucial for understanding the messianic prophecies and the hope of salvation through Christ. The continuity of David's line is a testament to God's unchanging faithfulness and His sovereign plan for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who shows mercy and faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is under threat due to its kings' unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The former king of Israel, known for his heart after God, to whom God made a covenant promising an everlasting dynasty.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/david's_descendants.htm">David's Descendants</a></b><br>The royal lineage through which God promised to maintain a "lamp," symbolizing continuity and hope.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a></b><br>God's promise to David, which is central to His dealings with Judah and the Davidic line.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>Despite human failure, God remains faithful to His covenant. This encourages believers to trust in God's promises, knowing He is unchanging and reliable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_legacy.htm">The Importance of Legacy</a></b><br>David's faithfulness impacts generations. Our actions and faith can influence future generations positively or negatively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mercy_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Mercy in God's Plan</a></b><br>God's mercy is evident in His dealings with Judah. Believers are called to reflect God's mercy in their interactions with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_messianic_hope.htm">The Messianic Hope</a></b><br>The promise of a "lamp" for David's descendants points to Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. This reinforces the hope believers have in Christ's eternal reign.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_events_are_in_wars_of_the_lord.htm">Why did Elijah write to King Jehoram?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_david_moving_ark.htm">(1 Chronicles 13:6) Are there any archaeological or historical records backing David's attempt to transport the Ark from Kiriath Jearim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_abijah_more_faithful_in_chronicles.htm">2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 - Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">To give him alway a light.</span>--Comp. <a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm" title="Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:">1Kings 15:4</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm" title="And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.">1Kings 11:36</a>; and for the promise to David, <a href="/context/2_samuel/7-12.htm" title="And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.">2Samuel 7:12-16</a>.<p><span class= "bld">And to his children.</span>--The reading of many Heb. MSS., the LXX., Vulg., and Targum. Thenius calls this a reading devised for the removal of a difficulty, and asserts that the promise was made to <span class= "ital">David alone</span>. He would omit the conjunction, and render, "To give him alway a lamp in respect of (<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, through) his sons." (See <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm" title="However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.">2Chronicles 21:7</a>, Note.) Keil adopts the same reading, but translates, "To give him, that is, his sons, a lamp," making "to his sons" an explanatory apposition.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake.</span> The natural punishment of apostasy was rejection by God, and on rejection would, as a matter of course, follow destruction and ruin. God had declared by Moses, "If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and statutes, which I command thee this day; all these curses shall come upon thee The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, <span class="accented">until thou be destroyed</span>, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, <span class="accented">until he have consumed thee from off the land</span>, whither thou goest to possess it. The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee <span class="accented">till thou perish</span>. And thy heaven which is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is underneath thee shall be iron.... The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten of thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.... Thou shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee" (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-37</a>). The apostasy of Jeheram, and of the nation under him, was calculated to bring about the immediate fulfillment of all these threats, and would have done so but for a restraining cause. God had made promises to David, and to his seed after him (<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13-16</a>; <a href="/psalms/89-29.htm">Psalm 89:29-37</a>, etc.), which would be unfulfilled if Judah's candlestick were at once removed. He had declared, "If thy children forsake my Law, and walk not in my statutes... I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take away, nor suffer my truth to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips; I have sworn once by my holiness that I will not fail David." If he had now swept away the Jewish kingdom, he would have dealt more hardly with these who clave to David than with those that broke off from him. He would not have shown the "faithfulness" or the "mercy" which he had promised, he would have forgotten "the loving-kindnesses which he aware unto David in his truth" (<a href="/psalms/89-49.htm">Psalm 89:49</a>). Therefore he would not - he <span class="accented">could</span> not - as yet "destroy Judah," with which, in point of fact, he bore for above three centuries longer, until at last the cup of their iniquities was full, and "there was no remedy." <span class="cmt_word">As he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.</span> There is no "and" in the original. Translate - <span class="accented">As he promised him to give him always a light in respect of his children</span>, and compare, for the promise of "a light" (<a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a>; <a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm">1 Kings 15:4</a>; and <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Psalm 132:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/8-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet for the sake</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֖עַן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of His servant</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·dōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David,</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was unwilling</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַשְׁחִ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Judah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He had promised</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽמַר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to maintain</span><br /><span class="heb">לָתֵ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a lamp</span><br /><span class="heb">נִ֛יר</span> <span class="translit">(nîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5216.htm">Strong's 5216: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamp, light</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for David</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] his descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/8-19.htm">2 Kings 8:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 8:19 However Yahweh would not destroy Judah (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 8:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 8:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>