1 Samuel 24:22
Swear to me in the Lord that you will not take away my offspring after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 21:22At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.
2 Samuel 21:7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which had been made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.
Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.
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 →