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1 Samuel 24:20

For who, when he will have found his enemy, will release him along a good path? So may the Lord repay you for this good turn, because you have acted on my behalf this day.

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In The King James Version

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

In Context

19And you have revealed this day the good that you have done for me: how the Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

21And now I know certainly that you shall be king, and you shall have the kingdom of Israel in your hand.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:14But by no means shall your kingdom rise up any more. The Lord has sought for himself a man according to his own heart. And him the Lord has instructed to be the leader over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord has instructed.”

1 Samuel 23:17“Do not be afraid. For the hand of my father, Saul, will not find you. And you shall reign over Israel. And I will be second to you. And even my father knows this.”

2 Samuel 3:17Likewise, Abner sent word to the elders of Israel, saying: “As much yesterday as the day before, you were seeking David, so that he might reign over you.

Psalms 7:5if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:

Matthew 2:3Now king Herod, hearing this, was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:16Then Herod, seeing that he had been fooled by the Magi, was very angry. And so he sent to kill all the boys who were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years of age and under, according to the time that he had learned by questioning the Magi.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:17-22

Saul Relents at David's Reproof. ( b. c. 1057.) 16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 19 For if a man… Read the whole commentary →

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