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

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Nevertheless, for David's sake the Lord his God gave him (A)a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,

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17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, (A)“You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench (B)the lamp of Israel.”

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