³⁶ I will give one tribe^(A) to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp^(B) before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.

¹⁹ Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy^(A) Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp^(B) for David and his descendants forever.

⁴ Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp^(A) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

¹³ Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe^(A) for the sake^(B) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”^(C)

⁷ Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David,^(A) the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David.^(B) He had promised to maintain a lamp^(C) for him and his descendants forever.

¹⁷ But Abishai^(A) son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp^(B) of Israel will not be extinguished.^(C)”

¹⁰ And he carried me away^(A) in the Spirit^(B) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^(C)

²² But you have come to Mount Zion,^(A) to the city^(B) of the living God,^(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.^(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,