as He promised. Compare 1 Samuel 7:13.
light. Compare 1 Kings 11:36. See note on Genesis 15:17. Hebrew. ner. Found only four times, and always of David (2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7).
and to his children. Many codices, and five early printed editions, read "for his children": i.e. sons.