Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
But þe Lord nolde distrie þe hows of Dauid, for þe couenaunt which he hadde maad with Dauid, and for he hadde bihiyte to yyue to hym a lanterne, and to hise sones in al tyme.