2 Chronicles 21:7

⁵ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

⁶ And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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.

⁸ In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

⁹ So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: However the LORD would not destroy David’s house, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
ASV: Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
DARBY: But Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he had promised to give to him always a lamp, and to his sons.
BLB: And YHWH was not willing destroy the house of David, on account of the covenant that He had cut with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons all the days.

ÅB: Men Herren ville ikke ødelegge Davids hus for den pakts skyld som han hadde gjort med David, og fordi han hadde sagt at han ville la en lampe brenne for ham og hans sønner gjennom alle tider.
OTB: Likevel valgte Herren å ikke ødelegge Davids hus på grunn av den pakten Han hadde gjort med David, og siden Han hadde lovet å opprettholde en lampe for ham og hans sønner for alltid.
B1930: Men Herren vilde ikke ødelegge Davids hus for den pakts skyld som han hadde gjort med David, og fordi han hadde sagt at han vilde la en lampe brenne for ham og hans sønner gjennem alle tider.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 11:36
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.
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Psalms 132:17–18
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
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2 Samuel 7:12–17
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.
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Luke 1:69
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
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Luke 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
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1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
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Psalms 89:39
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
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Jeremiah 33:20–26
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
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