21:7b Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David,

But Yahweh was not willing to destroy the royal descendants of David.
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Despte this, Yahweh did not want to destroy David’s family.

21:7a because of the covenant He had made with David,

Yahweh had made a covenant with David
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This was because of the agreement Yahweh had with King David,

21:7c and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

and he had promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.
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{in which} he had promised that one of David’s grandchildren would always be the king.

27:a–c (re-ordered)

Now, Yahweh has made a covenant with David and had promised that David’s descendants would be king over Israel and Judah forever. For this reason, Yahweh did not want to destroy David’s family.

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