1 Samuel 24:20 {21}
Good News Translation
Now I am sure that you will be king of Israel and that the kingdom will continue under your rule.

New Revised Standard Version
Now I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

Contemporary English Version
I realize now that you will be the next king, and a powerful king at that.

New American Bible
And now, since I know that you will certainly become king and that the kingship over Israel shall come into your possession,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:

I know well

1 Samuel 20:30,31 Then Saul being angry against Jonathan, said to him: Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a man, do I not know that thou lovest the son of Isai to thy own confusion, and to the confusion of thy shameless mother? . . .

1 Samuel 23:17 Fear not: for the hand of my father, Saul, shall not find thee, and thou shalt reign over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; yea and my father knoweth this.

2 Samuel 3:17,18 Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you. . . .

Job 15:25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.

Matthew 2:3-6,13,16 And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. . . .

Context
David's Oath to Saul
19For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day. 20And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:21Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:14
But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath the Lord commanded to be prince over his people, because thou hast not observed that which the Lord commanded.

1 Samuel 23:17
Fear not: for the hand of my father, Saul, shall not find thee, and thou shalt reign over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; yea and my father knoweth this.

1 Samuel 24:19
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