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Lexicon :: Strong's H4616 - maʿan

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מַעַן
Transliteration
maʿan
Pronunciation
mah'-an
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Part of Speech
preposition, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

  1. purpose, intent

    preposition

    1. for the sake of

    2. in view of, on account of

    3. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to

      conjunction

    4. to the end that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.
STRONGS H4616: Abbreviations
[מַ֫עַן] substantive purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 preposition and conjunction for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that (abbreviated from מַעֲנֶה : compare מַ֫עַל; Köii. 116); — with suffix לְמַעֲנִי, לְמַעַנְךָ, and לְמַעַנְכֶם; —
1. preposition: —
a. Genesis 18:24 wilt thou... not spare the place למען חמשׁים הציקים for the sake of the 50 righteous? Deuteronomy 30:6 חַיֶּיךָ ל׳ for thy life's sake, 1 Kings 8:41 the foreigner who comer from afar שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ל׳, Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָבֶ֫לָה, Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 62:1 ציון ל׳, Isaiah 63:17 עבדיך ל׳, Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 36:22 (twice in verse); Job 18:4; Psalm 122:8; Psalm 122:9; (עַבְדִּי ד׳) לְמַעַן דָּוִד, i.e. for the sake of David's memory, and the promises given to him, † 1 Kings 11:12, 13, 32, 34; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), Isaiah 20:6 (all D2); לְמַעֲנִי (of י׳) for my own sake, i.e. to vindicate my name, † 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִי לְמַעֲנִי אֶעֲשֶׁה, so לְמַעַנְךָ Daniel 9:19, אֲדֹנָי ל׳ Daniel 9:17; י׳ is said (or entreated) to act (שִׁמְךָ, שְׁמִי) לְמַעַן שְׁמוֺ i.e. to maintain his reputation, or character, † Psalm 23:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 143:11; Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, 44; Isaiah 48:9; simile חַסְדְּךָ ל׳ (i.e. to maintain it consistently) † Psalm 6:5; Psalm 44:27, טוּבְךָ ל׳ † Psalm 25:7, צִדְקוֺ ל׳ † Isaiah 42:21.
b. In view of, on account of (but not expressing causation distinctly, like מִן 2f, or מִפְּנֵי), Deuteronomy 3:26 בי לְמַעַנְכֶם ויתעבר י׳ on your account, 1 Kings 11:39 זֹאת ל׳ in view of this, שׁוֺרֲרַי ל׳ on account of my watchful foes, † Psalm 5:9; Psalm 27:11, צורריך ל׳ Psalm 8:3, simil. Psalm 69:19; Psalm 48:12 (Psalm 97:8) משׁפטיך ישמח הר ציון ֗֗֗ ל׳ in view of thy judgments.
c. Following infinitive Genesis 18:19 לְמַעַן הָבִיא י׳ for the purpose of J.'s bringing = to the intent that J. might bring, Genesis 37:22 הַצִּיל ל׳ in order to rescue, Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 10:1, etc., Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 6:28, etc., 2 Kings 10:19; Jeremiah 7:10, 18; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 50:34 (on הִרגיע, see עַד 2a b), Ezekiel 14:5; Ezekiel 21:5; Ezekiel 22:6 etc., Ezekiel 36:5, + often (Köiii.595 f.). Once, pleonastic, לְמַעַן לָמוּג לֵב Ezekiel 21:20 (compare כַּעֲבוּר לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3; but read probably הִמּוֺג).
2. conjunction (followed by imperfect): —
a. לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר Genesis 18:19 I have known him אשׁר יְצַוֶּה ל׳ to the end that he might command, etc., Deuteronomy 27:3; Joshua 3:4; 2 Samuel 13:5; Jeremiah 42:6; more often
b. without אשׁר, as Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַב לִי, Genesis 27:25; Exodus 4:5 יאמינו ל׳, Exodus 8:6; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 10:2; Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 23:16; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 30:13; Psalm 48:14 + often (Köiii. 571).
c. Following לֹא
(a) אשׁר לֹא ל׳ † Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 20:18; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 36:30; Ezekiel 46:18;
(b) לֹא ל׳ † Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 19:9; Ezekiel 25:10; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 12:7; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:80; Psalm 125:3 (Köiii. 574. Less common than לְבִלְתִּי or מִן with infinitive, or פֶּן־.
Note 1. — לְמַעַן is always in order that, never merely so that ἐκβατικῶς); but sometimes, in rhetorical passages, the issue of a line of action, though really undesigned, is represented by it ironically as if it were designed: Deuteronomy 29:18 (see Dr) סְפוֺת וגו׳ וְהִתְבָּרֵךְ כִּלְבָבוֺ ֗֗֗ ל׳ and he congratulate himself... in order to sweep away the moistened with the dry (i.e. to destroy all together), Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 44:9 יֵבוֺשׁוּ בל יראו ובל ידעו ל׳ in orer that they may be put to shame, Jeremiah 7:18 הַכְעִיסֵנִי ל׳, Jeremiah 7:19 פְּנֵיהֶם בּשֶׁת ל׳, Jeremiah 27:10, 15; Jeremiah 32:29; Hosea 8:4 their silver, etc., they have made into idols יִכָרֵת ל׳ in order that it may be cut off (of course, not the real purpose of the idolatry), Amos 2:7; Micah 6:16: compare Psalm 51:6 (see Comn.) in order that thou mightest be just when thou judgest (that is, by manifesting thy justice in judgement on my sin). compare bdb077501 Qor 28:7 (FlKl. Schr. i. 397 f.).
Note 2. — In Joshua 4:24 for the anomalous יְרָאתֶם ל׳, read infinitive יִרְאָתָם ל׳ in order that they might fear (Dr§ 14 Obs.): Nehemiah 6:13 לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַעַן אִירָא (si vera lectio) the first ל׳ points forwards, to this intent was he hired, to the intent that I should be afraid. — On Proverbs 16:4, see מַעֵנֶה above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:13; 18:19; 18:19; 18:24; 27:25; 37:22; 50:20

Exodus

1:11; 4:5; 8:6; 8:18; 9:16; 9:29; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

17:5

Deuteronomy

2:30; 3:26; 20:18; 27:3; 29:18; 30:6

Joshua

3:4; 4:24

2 Samuel

13:5

1 Kings

8:41; 11:12; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:39; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19; 10:19; 19:34; 19:34; 20:6

1 Chronicles

19:3

Nehemiah

6:13

Job

18:4

Psalms

5:9; 6:5; 8:3; 9:15; 23:3; 25:7; 25:11; 27:11; 31:4; 48:12; 48:14; 51:6; 69:19; 79:9; 97:8; 106:8; 119:11; 119:80; 122:8; 122:9; 125:3; 143:11

Proverbs

16:4

Isaiah

5:19; 20:6; 23:16; 30:1; 37:35; 37:35; 42:21; 43:14; 43:25; 44:9; 45:4; 48:9; 48:11; 62:1; 63:17; 65:8

Jeremiah

7:10; 7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 11:5; 14:7; 14:21; 27:10; 27:15; 32:29; 42:6; 50:34

Ezekiel

14:5; 14:11; 19:9; 20:9; 20:14; 20:22; 20:44; 21:5; 21:20; 22:6; 25:10; 26:20; 31:14; 36:5; 36:22; 36:30; 46:18

Daniel

9:17; 9:19

Hosea

8:4

Amos

2:7

Micah

6:16

Zechariah

12:7

H4616

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Strong's Number H4616 matches the Hebrew מַעַן (maʿan),
which occurs 272 times in 252 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Deu 12:28–2Ki 10:19)

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“Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so H4616 that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Now nothing from that which is devoted to destruction shall cling to your hand, in order H4616 that Yahweh may turn from His burning anger and grant compassion to you and show compassion to you and make you multiply, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - “And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so H4616 that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God all your days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order H4616 that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - “You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so H4616 that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20 - “Righteousness! Righteousness, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses. Yahweh has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - “And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, [fn]to carefully observe all the words of this law and these statutes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so H4616 that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:18 - so H4616 that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order H4616 that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - “You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so H4616 that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [fn]that you send forth your hand to do in the land which you are about to enter to [fn]possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

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“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order H4616 that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just [fn]measure, that your days may be prolonged in the [fn]land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - and write on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so H4616 that you may enter the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, [fn]promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:6 - “You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order H4616 that you might know that I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:9 - “So you shall keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13 - in order H4616 that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “And it will be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will [fn]bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order H4616 [fn]to sweep away the watered land with the dry.’

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“Moreover Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so H4616 that you may live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order H4616 that you may live, you and your seed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - “Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and [fn]the sojourner who is within your gates, so H4616 that they may hear and so H4616 that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:19

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“So now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so H4616 that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only be strong and very courageous to [fn]be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so H4616 that you may [fn]be prosperous wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so H4616 that you may [fn]be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful, and then you will [fn]be prosperous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about [fn]2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - in order that this would be a sign among you, so that when your children ask [fn]later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of Yahweh is strong, so H4616 that you may [fn]fear Yahweh your God [fn]forever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For it was of Yahweh to strengthen their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order H4616 that he might devote them to destruction, that they might [fn]receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - in order H4616 to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk in it as their fathers [fn]did, or not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - [fn]however, God tested them in order H4616 that the generations of the sons of Israel would know war, by learning war, [fn]especially those who had not known it formerly).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; but the rest we have devoted to destruction.”

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Then Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your arrogance and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down in order H4616 to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; and your father will come to see you, and you will say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - “And you shall keep the responsibility given by Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may be prosperous in all that you do and wherever you turn,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - so H4616 that Yahweh may establish His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons keep their way, to walk before Me in [fn]truth with all their heart and with all their soul, He said, [fn]you shall not have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40 - that they may [fn]fear You all the days that they live upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.

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“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your name’s sake H4616

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order H4616 that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name to [fn]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:60 - so H4616 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:12 - “Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake H4616 of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake H4616 of My servant David and for the sake H4616 of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - but he will have one tribe, for the sake H4616 of My servant David and for the sake H4616 of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - ‘Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him [fn]ruler all the days of his life, for the sake H4616 of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:39 - ‘Thus I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not always.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from Yahweh, that He might establish His word, which Yahweh spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:4 - But for David’s sake H4616 Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However, Yahweh was not willing to make Judah a ruin, for the sake H4616 of David His servant, since He had [fn]promised him to give a [fn]lamp to him through his sons always.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “So now, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his slaves and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in [fn]cunning, so H4616 that he might cause the slaves of Baal to perish.

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