Verse 4

1 Kings 15:4

Geneva Bible

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4 But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God (Elohim) giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,

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 And in the eighteenth yeere of King Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah. Focus ↗

2 Three yeere reigned hee in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom. Focus ↗

3 And hee walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not... Focus ↗

4 But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God (Elohim) giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonn...

5 Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he com... Focus ↗

6 And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam as long as he liued. Focus ↗

7 The rest also of the actes of Abiiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the... Focus ↗

8 And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reig... Focus ↗

9 And in the twentie yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel reigned Asa ouer Iudah. Focus ↗

10 He reigned in Ierusalem one and fourtie yeere, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abis... Focus ↗

11 And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did Dauid his father. Focus ↗

12 And he tooke away the Sodomites out of the lande, and put away all the idoles that his fathers had m... Focus ↗

13 And he put downe Maachah his mother also from her estate, because shee had made an idole in a groue:... Focus ↗

14 But they put not downe the hie places. Neuertheles Asas heart was vpright with the Lord all his daye... Focus ↗

15 Also he brought in the holy vessels of his father, and the things that he had dedicated vnto ye hous... Focus ↗

16 And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes. Focus ↗

17 Then Baasha king of Israel went vp against Iudah, and buylt Ramah, so that he woulde let none go out... Focus ↗

18 Then Asa tooke all the siluer and the gold that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lord,... Focus ↗

19 There is a couenant betweene me and thee, and betweene my father and thy father: behold, I haue sent... Focus ↗

20 So Ben-hadad hearkened vnto King Asa, and sent the captaines of the hosts, which he had, against the... Focus ↗

21 And when Baasha heard thereof, hee left buylding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. Focus ↗

22 Then king Asa assembled al Iudah, none excepted. and they tooke the stones of Ramah, and the timber... Focus ↗

23 And the rest of all the actes of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which h... Focus ↗

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father. An... Focus ↗

25 And Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam began to reigne ouer Israel the second yere of Asa King of Iudah, an... Focus ↗

26 And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of his father, and in his sinne wherew... Focus ↗

27 And Baasha the sonne of Ahijah of ye house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha slue him at... Focus ↗

28 Euen in the third yeere of Asa King of Iudah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his steade. Focus ↗

29 And when he was King, he smote all the house of Ieroboam, he left none aliue to Ieroboam, vntill hee... Focus ↗

30 Because of the sinnes of Ieroboam which he committed, and wherewith he made Israel to sinne, by his... Focus ↗

31 And the residue of the actes of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the... Focus ↗

32 And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel, all their dayes. Focus ↗

33 In the thirde yeere of Asa King of Iudah, began Baasha the sonne of Ahijah to reigne ouer all Israel... Focus ↗

34 And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne, wherewi... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 15 (34 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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