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36 But (A)to his son I will give one tribe, (B)that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, (C)the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

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But for David’s sake Yahweh his God gave him a (A)lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

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19 However, Yahweh was not willing to make Judah a ruin, for the sake of David His servant, (A)since He had [a]promised him to give a [b]lamp to him through his sons always.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:19 Lit said
  2. 2 Kings 8:19 Descendant on the throne

However, Yahweh was not willing to make the house of David a ruin because of the covenant which He had cut with David, (A)and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

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28 For You (A)light my lamp;
Yahweh my God (B)illumines my darkness.

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