King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 8
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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.
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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