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1 Kings 11:36

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David: 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 7:29, 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 132:17; Jeremiah 33:17-21; Amos 9:11-12; Luke 1:69-70, Luke 1:78-79; Acts 15:16-17

light: Heb. lamp, or candle

the city: 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 9:3; Galatians 4:25-26; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 21:10

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