1 Kings 15:4
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:”1 Kings 15:4
What Does 1 Kings 15:4 Mean?
1 Kings 15:4 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 15, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 15:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Kings 19:34“For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”1 Kings 11:36“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.”2 Chronicles 21:7“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.”Psalms 132:17“There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.”Isaiah 37:35“For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”2 Samuel 21:17“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.”Genesis 12:2“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:”2 Samuel 7:12“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.”1 Kings 11:12“Notwithstanding 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.”1 Kings 11:32“(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:)”Psalms 18:28“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.”Proverbs 17:6“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”Isaiah 38:5“Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”Genesis 19:29“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.”Genesis 26:5“Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”Deuteronomy 4:37“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;”2 Kings 8:19“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.”2 Kings 16:5“Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.”2 Chronicles 22:11“But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.”Psalms 87:5“And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.”
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