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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Gill's Exposition
And I will for this afflict the seed of David,.... For the idolatry Solomon had been guilty of, and connived at:
but not for ever; for when the ten tribes were carried captive, the kingdom of Judah…
Barnes' Notes
That David may have a light - Compare the marginal references. The exact meaning of the expression is doubtful. Perhaps the best explanation is, that “light” here is taken as the essential feature of…
Adam Clarke
That David my servant may have a light alway - That his posterity may never fail, and the regal line never become extinct. This, as we have already seen, was in reference to the Messiah. He was not…
We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (Kg1…
Cambridge Bible
one tribe Here again, as in 32, the LXX. has -two tribes."
a light Literally -a lamp." The idea is quite an Oriental one. In the tent was hung the lamp, for constant lighting, and the permanency of…
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