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2 Kings 8:19

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Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

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  1. 2 Kings 8:17

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

  2. 2 Kings 8:18

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

  3. 2 Kings 8:20

    In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  4. 2 Kings 8:21

    So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

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