Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 24:20

1 Samuel chapter 24 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

Context

v.19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

v.20This passage

v.21Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 15:25

    Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

  • 1 Samuel 13:14

    But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.

  • 2 Samuel 3:17

    And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:

  • Matthew 2:3

    And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Matthew 2:13

    Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

  • Matthew 2:16

    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.