2 Chronicles 21:7

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Noluit autem Dominus disperdere domum David propter pactum quod inierat cum eo: et quia promiserat ut daret ei lucernam, et filiis ejus omni tempore.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

2 Chronicles 21:2–7

Jehoram, whose wife was Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (2 Chronicles 18:1; 21:6; 22:2), was the first king from David's line to receive a completely negative evaluation. His murders (2 Chronicles 21:4) seriously threatened the dynasty's survival, which was only preserved because of the Lord's loyal faithfulness to David (21:7). On three other occasions, violence against the royal family nearly ended the dynasty (see 2 Chronicles 21:17; 22:8–9, 10–11).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant with David

Related verses

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.
Psalm 132:17–18
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
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.
Luke 1:69
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
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.”
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.”
2 Chronicles 22:11
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
2 Samuel 23:5
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
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,
Psalm 89:39
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
2 Kings 8:19
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Psalm 132:11
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

Parallels

2 Kings 8:16–19

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Apostasy Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy

Topics

David: King of Israel: Prophecies Concerning Him and his Kingdom God: Faithfulness of Intercession: Intercessional Influence of the Righteous Jehoram: King of Judah: Marries Athaliah, Whose Wicked Counsels Influence his Reign for Evil Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Jehoram or Joram

2 Chronicles 21:7

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