1 Samuel 24:21
Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
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In Context
22And David swore unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men got them up unto the hold.
Cross References
Genesis 31:48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
1 Samuel 20:14And you shall not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
1 Samuel 25:28I pray you, forgive the trespass of yours handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days.
2 Samuel 21:6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
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 →