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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 11:36 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 11:36	King James	And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
That David may have a light - Compare the marginal references. The exact meaning of the expression is doubtful. Perhaps the best explanation is, that "light" here is taken as the essential feature of a continuing "home."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

That David may have a light - Compare the marginal references. The exact meaning of the expression is doubtful. Perhaps the best explanation is, that "light" here is taken as the essential feature of a continuing "home."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
That David my servant may have a light alway - That his posterity may never fail, and the regal line never become extinct. This, as we have already seen, was in reference to the Messiah. He was not only David's light, but he was a light to enlighten the Gentiles.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

That David my servant may have a light alway - That his posterity may never fail, and the regal line never become extinct. This, as we have already seen, was in reference to the Messiah. He was not only David's light, but he was a light to enlighten the Gentiles.

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