1 Samuel 24:20

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
well	יָדַ֔עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
surely	מָלֹ֖ךְ ma.Lokh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal infinitive absolute
king	תִּמְל֑וֹךְ tim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
kingdom	מַמְלֶ֖כֶת mam.Le.khet	H4467	dominion · noun, common feminine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
established	וְקָ֙מָה֙ ve.Ka.mah	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
hand	בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔ be.Ya.de.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next…
2 Samuel 3:17-18 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
Matthew 2:3-6 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain ov…
1 Samuel 20:30-31 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou has…
Job 15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Matthew 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his m…
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Beth…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:16–end

Here we have, I. Saul's penitent reply to David's speech. It was strange that he had patience to hear him out, considering how outrageous he was against him, and how cutting David's discourse was. But God restrained him and his men; and we may suppose Saul struck with amazement at the singularity of the event, and much more when he found how much he had lain at David's mercy. His heart must have been harder than a stone if this had not affected him. 1. He melted into tears, and we will not suppose them to have been counterfeit but real expressions of his present concern at the sight of his own iniquity, so plainly proved upon him. He speaks as one quite overcome with David's kindness: Is thi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

HE URGES THEREBY HIS INNOCENCY. (Sa1 24:8-15) David also arose . . . and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul--The closeness of the precipitous cliffs, though divided by deep wadies, and the transparent purity of the air enable a person standing on one rock to hear distinctly the words uttered by a speaker standing on another (Jdg 9:7). The expostulation of David, followed by the visible tokens he furnished of his cherishing no evil design against either the person or the government of the king, even when he had the monarch in his power, smote the heart of Saul in a moment and disarmed him of his fell purpose of revenge. He owned the justice of what David said, acknowledged his own gu…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:20

I know well that thou shalt surely be king - Hebrew, Reigning, thou shalt reign. He knew this before; and yet he continued to pursue him with the most deadly hatred.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king,.... Not merely by the common report, that he was anointed by Samuel, to which yet he might give credit; but by the providence of God prospering and preserving him, and by his princely spirit and behaviour, and by calling to mind what Samuel had said to him, that his kingdom should be given to a neighbour of his better than he, and so David was by his own confession, 1 Samuel 24:17; and the cutting off the skirt of his garment might put him in remembrance of the rending of the skirt of Samuel's mantle, upon which he told Saul his kingdom should be rent from him; though some think that was Saul's skirt, and so now he knew thereby, wh…

The Church Fathers

And now because I know for certain that you will reign, etc. This is the voice of the penitent people of the Jews, seeking the path of salvation from Christ whom they acknowledged. And now because I know for certain that you are He of whom it is said, "His government will be multiplied, and there will be no end of peace" (Isa. IX), having in your dominion that kingdom in which the pure in heart will see God without any end to their blessedness, confirm, I pray, the faith which you have granted by the largess of your sacraments, and augment that same faith in me with your heavenly gifts, so that, having received the pledge of the Spirit, I may have confidence that the offspring of my works, born from my heart, will be saved from eternal destruction after the dissolution of the body. Nor take away my name from the house of the heavenly habitation, which you have deigned to give to my fathers, who awaited you faithfully and lovingly through the law to come. But as for some of the Jews who poured forth these and similar words of confession, the Lord justly granted their petition, and imbued with the sacraments of the Gospel, He made them faithful from among the catechumens and the competent.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…

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1 Samuel 24:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:20

John Gill on 1 Samuel 24:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 24:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:20

John Gill on 1 Samuel 24:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 24:20-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 24:20

Rashi on 1 Samuel 24:14