1 Samuel 24:20

20 Ahora caigo en cuenta de que tú serás el rey, y de que consolidarás el reino de Israel.

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 Hoy me has hecho reconocer lo bien que me has tratado, pues el SEÑOR me entregó en tus manos, y no me mataste.

19 ¿Quién encuentra a su enemigo y le perdona la vida? ¡Que el SEÑOR te recompense por lo bien que me has tratado hoy!

20 Ahora caigo en cuenta de que tú serás el rey, y de que consolidarás el reino de Israel.

21 Júrame entonces, por el SEÑOR, que no exterminarás mi descendencia ni borrarás el nombre de mi familia.

22 David se lo juró. Luego Saúl volvió a su palacio, y David y sus hombres subieron al refugio.