¹⁷ But ^(A)Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “^(B)You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish ^(C)the lamp of Israel.”

^19 [a]And we have as more ^(A)sure ^(B)the prophetic word, to which you do well to pay attention as to ^(C)a lamp shining in a dark place, until the ^(D)day dawns and the ^(E)morning star arises ^(F)in your hearts.