2 Kings 8:19

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

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17 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

18 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.

19 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.

20 In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

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BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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.
KJV King James Version: Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
WEB World English Bible: 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.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.