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1 Samuel 24:20

Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

Majority Standard Bible

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

19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

21So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 13:14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

1 Samuel 23:17saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”

2 Samuel 3:17Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

Psalms 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Matthew 2:3When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from 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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