2 Kings 8:19 References

19 However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, asince He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.

a 2 Samuel 7:12-15, 1 Kings 11:36

2 Samuel 7

12 "aWhen your days are complete and you blie down with your fathers, cI will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 "aHe shall build a house for My name, and bI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

14 "aI will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; bwhen he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, aas I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

1 Kings 11

36 'But ato his son I will give one tribe, bthat My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, athe city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.