19Yet 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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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.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. …
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-24)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 give grace to their children. Many that have themselves been godly have had the grief and shame of seeing those that came forth out of their bowels wicked and vile. Let not the families that are thus aff…
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