1 Samuel 24:20

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

1 Samuel 24:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule.
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 I know now beyond doubt that you will rule as king. The kingdom of Israel is already in your grasp!
American Standard Version (ASV)
20 And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 Now I know that you certainly will rule as king, and under your guidance the kingdom of Israel will prosper.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 "Now I know for certain you will be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 I know for sure that you will be king. I know that the kingdom of Israel will be made secure under your control.

1 Samuel 24:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king,
&c.] 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, when David cut off his skirt, that the kingdom would be his; and it is a tradition of the Jews F6, that Samuel said to him at that time, that he that cut off the skirt of his garment should reign after him:

and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand;
and not be rent from him; and yet notwithstanding after this he sought to destroy him.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 Midrash Tillim apud Abarbinel. in loc.

1 Samuel 24:20 In-Context

18 You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the LORD delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.
19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the LORD reward you well for the way you treated me today.
20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
21 Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.”
22 So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 23:17
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 13:14
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