NASB
"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."
— 2 Kings 8:19, NASB
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“But the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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.
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents.
So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.