King James Version
Isaiah 37:35 in the King James Version says “For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.”
Isaiah 37:35 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“this city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“to save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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