2 Kings 8:19

19 noluit autem Dominus disperdere Iudam propter David servum suum sicut promiserat ei ut daret illi lucernam et filiis eius cunctis diebus

2 Kings 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:19

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;
or a kingdom, as the Targum; therefore he would not utterly destroy the tribe, nor suffer the sceptre or government to depart from it till the Messiah came, see ( Psalms 132:11 Psalms 132:17 ) .

2 Kings 8:19 In-Context

17 triginta duorum erat annorum cum regnare coepisset et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem

18 ambulavitque in viis regum Israhel sicut ambulaverat domus Ahab filia enim Ahab erat uxor eius et fecit quod malum est coram Domino

19 noluit autem Dominus disperdere Iudam propter David servum suum sicut promiserat ei ut daret illi lucernam et filiis eius cunctis diebus

20 in diebus eius recessit Edom ne esset sub Iuda et constituit sibi regem

21 venitque Ioram Seira et omnis currus cum eo et surrexit nocte percussitque Idumeos qui eum circumdederant et principes curruum populus autem fugit in tabernacula sua