19and 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.


In Context

16 And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel — and Jehoshaphat is king of Judah — hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;

17 a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.

18 And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,

19 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.

20 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

21 and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents;

2 Kings 8:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Yet 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:19But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Howbeit 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19Yet 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Yet 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.