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2 Kings 8:19
NIV:  Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
NAS:  However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always.
KJV:  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.
GWT:  But for David's sake the LORD didn't want to destroy Judah. The LORD had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a [shining] lamp.
ASV:  Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.
BBE:  But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.
DBY:  But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.
DRB:  But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.
WBS:  Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children.
WEB:  However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
YLT:  and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days.

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