2 Kings

2 Kings 8:19

¹⁹Yet 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet for the sake	לְמַ֖עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Preposition	H4616 purpose, intent
of His servant	עַבְדּ֑וֹ	‘aḇ·dōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
David	דָּוִ֣ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
was unwilling	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to destroy	לְהַשְׁחִ֣ית	lə·haš·ḥîṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7843 go to ruin (?)
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
since	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
He had promised	אָֽמַר־	’ā·mar-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to maintain	לָתֵ֨ת	lā·ṯêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
a lamp	נִ֛יר	nîr	Noun - masculine singular	H5216 lamp
for David	ל֥וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
his descendants	לְבָנָ֖יו	lə·ḇā·nāw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
forever	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Kings 11:36 · 2 Samuel 7:12–13 · Luke 1:32–33 · Hosea 11:9 · Isaiah 37:35 · 2 Samuel 7:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.