Verse 4
1 Kings 15:4
New King James Version
4
Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God (Elohim) give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֚י לְמַ֣עַן דָּוִ֔ד נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֥י/ו ל֛/וֹ נִ֖יר בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְ/הָקִ֤ים אֶת בְּנ/וֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔י/ו וּֽ/לְ/הַעֲמִ֖יד אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
English Translation
For the sake of David, the LORD my God granted him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem.
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Chapter 15 Context
1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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3
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not per...
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4
Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God (Elohim) give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up...
5
Because David did
that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any
thing...
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6
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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7
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did,
are
they not written in the book of the ch...
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8
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned...
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9
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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10
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was Maachah, the daughter of...
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11
And Asa did
that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as
did David his father.
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12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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13
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from
being
queen, because she had made an idol in...
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14
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his day...
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15
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedica...
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16
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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17
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go...
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18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold
that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD,...
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19
There is a league between me and thee,
and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unt...
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20
So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the ci...
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21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tir...
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22
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none
was
exempted: and they took away the s...
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23
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he bui...
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24
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and...
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25
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, an...
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26
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherew...
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27
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him...
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28
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
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29
And it came to pass, when he reigned,
that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jerobo...
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30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wh...
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31
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did,
are
they not written in the book of the chr...
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32
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Ti...
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34
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewit...
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