1 Samuel 24:21

So 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.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

In Context

20Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

22So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:48Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

1 Samuel 20:14And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

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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