Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:1-34
1 Kings 15:4 . For David’s sake; for the sake of the covenant which God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their father’s mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel. 1 Kings 15:12 . He took away the Sodomites out of the land. That is, he put them to death, though Jeroboam had spared them: 1 Kings 14:24. If the magistrate fail in this duty, heaven will not fail in laying the sin at his door. These men being consecrated, were guilty of the indecent rites... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:1-34
Chapter 15And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave him the lamp in Jerusalem, to set his son after him, and establish Jerusalem: Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded in all the days of his life, [except in the case of Bathsheba,] the matter of Uriah the Hittite... read more