1 Samuel 24:20

20 Agora, pois, sei que certamente hás de reinar, e que o reino de Israel há de se firmar na tua mão.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Midrash Tillim apud Abarbinel. in loc.

1 Samuel 24:20 In-Context

18 E tu mostraste hoje que procedeste bem para comigo, por isso que, havendo-me o Senhor entregado na tua mão, não me mataste.

19 Pois, quem há que, encontrando o seu inimigo, o deixará ir o seu caminho? O Senhor, pois, te pague com bem, pelo que hoje me fizeste.

20 Agora, pois, sei que certamente hás de reinar, e que o reino de Israel há de se firmar na tua mão.

21 Portanto jura-me pelo Senhor que não desarraigarás a minha descendência depois de mim, nem extinguirás o meu nome da casa de meu pai.

22 Então jurou Davi a Saul. E foi Saul para sua casa, mas Davi e os seus homens subiram ao lugar forte.