2 Kings 8:19

“Yet 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.”

"Yet 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." - 2 Kings 8:19
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What does 2 Kings 8:19 mean?

In 2 Kings 8:19 in the King James Version (KJV), it states: "Yet 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." This verse is a part of the account of the reign of King Jehoram of Judah…

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A Light That Endures: God’s Faithfulness Through Generations

In 2 Kings 8:19, we read, "Yet 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." This verse is a profound testimony to the faithfulness of God and the lasting covenant He establishes with His…

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A Prayer for Divine Preservation and Faithfulness

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, we come before Thee with reverence and awe, acknowledging Thy greatness and Thy unwavering faithfulness. In the stillness of this moment, we bring before Thee the profound truth found in 2 Kings 8:19, which says, "Yet the LORD would…

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2 Kings 8:19 - "Yet 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."
2 Kings 19:8 - "¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish."
2 Kings 19:36 - "So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh."
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:17 - "Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,"
2 Kings 12:19 - "¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 3:16-19
2 Samuel 19:8
2 KINGS 8:29
2 Kings 16:19 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 19:5 - "So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah."
2 Samuel 19:8
2 Samuel 19:8
2 Samuel 19:8
1 Kings 8:19 - "Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name."
2 Kings 8:23 - "And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 19:13 - "Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?"
1 King 19:8
1 Kings 19:8 - "And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God."
"¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish." - 2 Kings 19:8
2 Kings 19:11 - "Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?"
2 Kings 13:8 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
2 Kings 19:2 - "And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz."
2 Kings 19:34 - "For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake."
"Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands," - 2 Kings 19:17
2 Kings 17:8 - "And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made."
2 Kings 24:19 - "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done."