Some five centuries earlier, Jehovah had promised David: “Your house and your kingdom will certainly be steadfast to time indefinite before you; your very throne will become one firmly established to time indefinite. ”
यह दुःख की बात थी कि दाऊद के अधिकांश वंशज विद्रोही ठहरे, और राष्ट्र का रक्‍तदोष इतना बढ़ गया कि सा. यु.