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1Kgs 11:36

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 11:36 · Douay-Rheims
“And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.”
Medieval c. 750 – 1100
850
A.D.
Ishodad of Merv Medieval
d. A.D. 850
“The words "so that David may always have a lamp" refer to that small part of the kingdom which was like the sun in the abundance of its light: "Your throne will be like the sun before me." Moreover, as we light many firebrands from a lamp, so a large number [of kings] will descend from the royal lineage of David "until he, to whom kingship belongs, comes."”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.