Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.
Forsoþe þe Lord nolde distrie Juda, for Dauid, his seruaunt, as he hadde bihiyt to Dauid, þat he schulde yyue to hym a lanterne, and to hise sones in alle daies.