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.
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1 Kings 15:4 · 26 connections
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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.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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. …
End of linked passage: 2 Samuel 7:16Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 33:26But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. …
End of linked passage: Micah 4:2And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; …
End of linked passage: Luke 1:79A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
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