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.
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Gill's Exposition
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake,.... Not for his merits, but for the mercy he assured him of:
as he promised him to give to him always a light, and to his children;…
The passage is parenthetic, resuming the history of the kingdom of Judah from 1Ki 22:50. 2Ki 8:16 The opening words are - “In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat,…
Adam Clarke
To give him alway a light - To give him a successor in his own family.
We have here a brief account of the life and reign of Jehoram (or Joram), one of the worst of the kings of Judah, but the son and successor of Jehoshaphat, one of the best. Note, 1. Parents cannot…
Cambridge Bible
Yet[R.V. Howbeit] the Lord would not destroy The R.V. has adopted the rendering of Chronicles, where the original is the same as here.
as he promised him to give him alway a lights, and to his…
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