1 Kings 11:36
"And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there."
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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."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 15:4
"Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 11:13
"Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 21:17
"But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 132:17
"There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 21:7
"Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 9:3
"And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."
Read in chapter → - Luke 1:69
"And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 33:17
"For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;"
Read in chapter → - Acts 15:16
"After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:"
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