1 Samuel 24:20 “Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Isra…”

1 Samuel 24:20

Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For who shall finde his enemie, and let him depart free? wherefore the Lord render thee good for that thou hast done vnto me this day.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'And, now, lo, I have known that thou dost certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel hath stood in thy hand;

Bible in Basic English

And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

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Cross references

“I know well”

1 Samuel 23:17 Matthew 2:3–6 Job 15:25 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:16 1 Samuel 20:30

1 Samuel 23:17 · BSB

saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”

Matthew 2:3–6 · BSB

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Job 15:25 · BSB

For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

Matthew 2:13 · BSB

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to…

Matthew 2:16 · BSB

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had le…

1 Samuel 20:30 · BSB

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore yo…

Also

1 Samuel 13:14

1 Samuel 13:14 · BSB

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

21So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

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