1 Kings 15:4 “Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp…”

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

American Standard Version

Nevertheless for David’s sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

Geneva Bible 1599

But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,

Darby Translation

But for David's sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;

Young's Literal Translation

but for David's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

Bible in Basic English

But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

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Cross references

“for David's”

1 Kings 11:12 1 Kings 11:32 Genesis 12:2 2 Samuel 7:12–16 Isaiah 37:35 Genesis 19:29

1 Kings 11:12 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 11:32 · BSB

But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 12:2 · BSB

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

2 Samuel 7:12–16 · BSB

And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Isaiah 37:35 · BSB

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Genesis 19:29 · BSB

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

“give him”

1 Kings 11:36 2 Chronicles 21:7 Psalm 132:17 Luke 1:69–79 Luke 2:32 John 8:12

1 Kings 11:36 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

Psalm 132:17 · BSB

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

Luke 1:69–79 · BSB

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

Luke 2:32 · BSB

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

John 8:12 · BSB

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

“lamp”

Psalm 18:28

Psalm 18:28 · BSB

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

“and to establish”

Psalm 87:5 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 14:32 Isaiah 62:7 Jeremiah 33:2 Matthew 16:18

Psalm 87:5 · BSB

And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The…

Isaiah 14:32 · BSB

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Isaiah 62:7 · BSB

nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

Jeremiah 33:2 · BSB

“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

Matthew 16:18 · BSB

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Also

2 Samuel 21:17

2 Samuel 21:17 · BSB

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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