“However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Kings 8 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.