2 Kings 8:19

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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.

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1 Kings 11:36

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I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.'"

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.

Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David's dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"

But I, the Lord, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.

I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man -- the Holy One among you -- I will not come in wrath!

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

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I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.