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1 Kings 11:36

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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.

And unto his son {H1121} will I give {H5414} one {H259} tribe {H7626}, that David {H1732} my servant {H5650} may have a light {H5216} alway {H3117} before {H6440} me in Jerusalem {H3389}, the city {H5892} which I have chosen {H977} me to put {H7760} my name {H8034} there.

To his son I will give one tribe, so that David my servant will always have a light burning before me in Yerushalayim, the city I chose for myself as the place to put my name.

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 15:4 (5 votes)

    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:

  • 1 Kings 11:13 (5 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Kings 8:19 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 132:17 (3 votes)

    There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:7 (3 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 21:17 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Revelation 21:10 (2 votes)

    And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,