2 Chronicles 21:7 meaning and explanation
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
2 Chronicles 21:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Jehoram has just been described as a king who murdered his brothers and followed the ways of Ahab, so the reader expects judgment to fall on the house of David. The Chronicler explains why it did not: God had made a covenant with David and had promised him a lasting lamp, a continuing heir and light in Jerusalem.
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