What Does 2 Kings 8:19 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“would”

to breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent

“Yet the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“not destroy”

to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“for David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“his servant's”

a servant

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“sake as he promised”

to say (used with great latitude)

“him to give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“a light”

a lamp (i.e., the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

“and to his children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“him alway”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso