2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ¹  because of the promise ²  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ³ 

2Sa 7:12-17; 2Sa 23:5; 1Ki 11:13,36; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ch 22:11; Ps 89:28-34,39; Ps 132:11,17,18-135:21; Isa 7:6,7; Jer 33:20-26; Lu 1:69,79

¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Or “covenant.”

³ tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.