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1 Samuel 24:20

18 And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

19 When 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.

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

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.”

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
KJV
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
WEB
Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
ASV
And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
DARBY
And now behold, I know that thou shalt certainly be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
BLB
And behold, I know that you shall surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall stand in your hand.
ÅB
Jeg vet jo alt at du skal bli konge, og at kongedømmet over Israel skal bli fast i din hånd.
OTB
Nå se, jeg er klar over at du sikkert vil bli konge, og at Israels kongedømme vil bli etablert i din hånd.
B1930
Jeg vet jo alt at du skal bli konge, og at kongedømmet over Israel skal bli fast i din hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 23:17

    saying, “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.”

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  • Matthew 2:3–6

    When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:17–18

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

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  • 1 Samuel 13:14

    But 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.”

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  • Matthew 2:16

    When 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.

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  • Job 15:25

    For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

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  • Matthew 2:13

    When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

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  • 1 Samuel 20:30–31

    Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

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